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Missouri Botanical Garden

Main Address:
Missouri Botanical Garden
4344 Shaw Boulevard
St. Louis
Missouri 63110 United States of America
Telephone Number: 314 577 9400
Fax Number: 314 577 9521
Web Site: www.mobot.org
Institution Email Address: karen.hagenow@mobot.org

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• Staff Details
  • Director: Dr P.H. Raven
    Curator:
    Plant Records Officer: Rebecca Sucher
    
• About this Garden
  • Institution Type: Botanic Garden
  • Status
  • Educational Establishment: Yes
    
  • Date Founded: 1859
  • Physical Data
  • Landscaped Area: Yes
    
  • Total Area (in Hectares): 31 hectares
    Latitude: 38.37 N
    Longitude: 90.15 W
    Altitude: 0.00 metres
    
  • Additional Locations
  • Satellite Garden Names (including exteral arboreta): Shaw Arboretum of the Missouri Botanical Garden
• Features and Facilities
  • Herbarium: Yes
    Number of Specimens in Herbarium: 5219216
    
  • Published Plant Catalogue: Yes
    Computer Plant Record System: Yes
    
  • Open to the Public: Yes
    Society of Friends: Yes
    Retail Outlet (shop): Yes
    
  • Number of Visitors: 750000
    
• Plant Collections
  • Number of Living Plant Accessions: 31388
    Number of Taxa in Cultivation: 15649
    
  • Special Collections:Arizoaceae, Araceae, Asclepiadaceae, Cactaceae, Euphorbiaceae, Nymphaeceae, Orchidaceae, Camellia (11 spp., 86 taxa), Haworthia (44 spp.), Ilex (16 spp.), Iris (144 taxa), Quercus (21 spp., 21 taxa), Rhododendron (60 spp., 98 taxa), Rosa mediterranean pla
• Conservation Programmes
  • Conservation Programme: Yes
    
• Research Programmes
  • We currently have no data on Research Programmes at this garden.
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• Education Programmes
  • Visitor/Education Centre: Yes
    Education Programme: Yes