Botanic Garden of the Irkutsk State University

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At the Irkutsk Botanic Garden

The Botanic Garden of the Irkutsk State University is a botanic garden in Irkutsk, Siberia, Russia.

Spring time at the Botanic Garden of Irkutsk State University. Pink blooming bushes in the middle is a relic plant Amygdalus pedunculata Pallas. Picea pungens Engelm trees is at the backdrop

It is the only botanic garden in Baikalian Siberia (the Lake Baikal region) and is known as the Irkutsk Botanic Garden. Its mission is "to protect and enrich the flora of the Lake Baikal area and the world for people through public education, collection, propagation, research, and conservation of plants". The garden is principally an educational and scientific tool for the university and maintains largest plant collection of living plants in the region (more than 3000 plant taxa), a herbarium, and a seed bank. It occupies 27 hectares within Irkutsk city, 70 kilometers west of Lake Baikal.

In the greenhouse of the Botanic Garden of Irkutsk State University


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  • Review article of Kuzevanov V.Ya., Sizykh S.V. "Botanic Gardens Resources: Tangible and Intangible Aspects of Linking Biodiversity and Human Well-Being", Hiroshima Peace Science Journal, 28 (2006), pp. 113-134. Download from the sites in Russia or in Japan

Coordinates: 52°15′45″N 104°14′49″E / 52.2625°N 104.2470°E / 52.2625; 104.2470

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