Former manor park, now a part of the botanical garden

Botanical Garden of Vilnius University (Lithuanian: Vilniaus universiteto botanikos sodas) is a botanical garden situated in Vilnius, Lithuania.

[edit] History

The garden was established by professor J. E. Giliber (1741-1814) of Vilnius University in 1781. In 1832 the Vilnius University and Botanical Garden were closed. In 1919, the Botanical Garden was started in a new location. In 1975, it was assigned new territory to expand the garden in Kairėnai, now in Antakalnis elderate of Vilnius.

[edit] Collection

• 2,500 taxa in Department of Dendrology
• 3,000 taxa in Department of Plant Systematic and Geography
• 3,200 taxa in Department of Floriculture
• 300 taxa in Department of Plant Genetic
• 750 taxa in Department of Pomology
• 100 taxa in Laboratory of Plant Physiology and Isolated Tissue Cultures

[edit] External links

• Official website

Coordinates: 54°44′09″N 25°24′10″E / 54.73583°N 25.40278°E / 54.73583; 25.40278

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