Unellez Botanical Garden
| Unellez Botanical Garden | |
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| Jardín Botánico de la Unellez | |
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| Type | Botanical garden |
| Location | Barinas,  Venezuela |
| Coordinates | 8°38′07″N 70°14′57″W / 8.63528°N 70.24917°W |
| Area | 14 hectares |
| Opened | 1979 |
| Operated by | Fundación Jardín Botánico Unellez |
| Website | jardinbotanico |
The Unellez Botanical Garden[1] (Spanish: Jardín Botánico de la Unellez) Is a botanical garden and a zoo[2] of 14 ha of extension, located inside the facilities of the National Experimental University of the Llanos Ezequiel Zamora[3] in Barinas, Venezuela.[4] It is a member of the BGCI, being its international identification code as a botanical institution as well as s It is located to the northwest of the city of Barinas, at the foot of the Mountain range of the $ andes; To a height of 200 msnm and presenting an average annual temperature of 28 °C.
It was created in 1979, This garden also includes a zoo with an area of 14 hectares of which 4 ha correspond to a lagoon
The collections of plants of the botanical garden, are grouped like:
- Arboretum (34 spp.)
- Plants of economic interest (50 spp.)
- Plants of medicinal interest
- Fodder plants
- Palmetum (13 spp.)
- Ornamental plants (100 spp.)
- There is a germplasm bank with a mean conservation capacity that contains 84 accessions, representing 73 species (1994 figures).
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ Jardín Botánico de la UNELLEZ
- ^ Bell, Catharine E. (2017-03-21). Encyclopedia of the World's Zoos. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 9781579581749.
- ^ Memorias. IV. Congreso Interamericano sobre el medio ambiente. Tomo 1 (in Spanish). Equinoccio. 1998-01-01. ISBN 9789802371785.
- ^ Estado actual del conocimiento de la flora en Venezuela (in Spanish). Ministerio del Ambiente y de los Recursos Naturales Renovables. 1998-01-01. ISBN 9789800411636.
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