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Unellez Botanical Garden

Coordinates: 8°38′07″N 70°14′57″W / 8.63528°N 70.24917°W / 8.63528; -70.24917
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Unellez Botanical Garden
Jardín Botánico de la Unellez
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TypeBotanical garden
LocationBarinas,  Venezuela
Coordinates8°38′07″N 70°14′57″W / 8.63528°N 70.24917°W / 8.63528; -70.24917
Area14 hectares
Opened1979 (1979)
Operated byFundación Jardín Botánico Unellez
Websitejardinbotanico.unellez.edu.ve

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).

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References

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  1. ^ Jardín Botánico de la UNELLEZ
  2. ^ Bell, Catharine E. (2017-03-21). Encyclopedia of the World's Zoos. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 9781579581749.
  3. ^ Memorias. IV. Congreso Interamericano sobre el medio ambiente. Tomo 1 (in Spanish). Equinoccio. 1998-01-01. ISBN 9789802371785.
  4. ^ 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.