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s of 18,600 square meters that it is planned to increase, it houses species of plants of the country (Ecuador is among the 17 richest countries in the world in native botanical species, an updated study on the classified Ecuadorian flora, determines the existence of 17,000 species), which is found in the city of

Quito Quito (; qu, Kitu), formally San Francisco de Quito, is the capital city, capital and largest city of Ecuador, with an estimated population of 2.8 million in its urban area. It is also the capital of the province of Pichincha Province, Pichincha ...

, Ecuador. The identification code of the '' Botanical Garden Quito '' as a member of the

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(BGCI), as well as the initials of its

herbarium A herbarium (plural: herbaria) is a collection of preserved plant specimens and associated data used for scientific study. The specimens may be whole plants or plant parts; these will usually be in dried form mounted on a sheet of paper (calle ...

is QUITO .Jardín botánico de Quito

History

This botanical garden arises in 1989, thanks to an agreement signed between the "Ecuadorian Museum of Natural Sciences", the "Gardening Club" and the "Municipality of Quito" by which it became the old ''Nursery municipal'' of the '' Parque de la Carolina '', in a botanical garden. To guarantee the administrative efficiency of this entity, the creation of the "Botanical Foundation of the Andes" was managed in June 1991, whose mission is to manage and carry out direct actions for the knowledge, protection and conservation of Ecuadorian flora.

Collections

Numerous species of plants, both Ecuadorian and from other countries, together with some species of birds, and where the water runs abundantly through streams and waterfalls. Among its collections that are distributed along walking paths: *

Aquatic plant Aquatic plants are plants that have adapted to living in aquatic environments ( saltwater or freshwater). They are also referred to as hydrophytes or macrophytes to distinguish them from algae and other microphytes. A macrophyte is a plant that ...

s, *

Cloud forest A cloud forest, also called a water forest, primas forest, or tropical montane cloud forest (TMCF), is a generally tropical or subtropical, evergreen, montane, moist forest characterized by a persistent, frequent or seasonal low-level cloud ...

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Páramo Páramo () can refer to a variety of alpine tundra ecosystems located in the Andes Mountain Range, South America. Some ecologists describe the páramo broadly as "all high, tropical, montane vegetation above the continuous timberline". A narrowe ...

plants, such as the "paramo pads", which invite you to lie down on those soft green mattresses, but beware, they are pads full of water. *

Orchid Orchids are plants that belong to the family Orchidaceae (), a diverse and widespread group of flowering plants with blooms that are often colourful and fragrant. Along with the Asteraceae, they are one of the two largest families of flowering ...

garden arranged in two

s, where tall orchids and tropical orchids are housed. In these are the

orchid Orchids are plants that belong to the family Orchidaceae (), a diverse and widespread group of flowering plants with blooms that are often colourful and fragrant. Along with the Asteraceae, they are one of the two largest families of flowering ...

s arranged on the stones, the ground or in tree trunks, just as it happens in nature. *

Medicinal plants Medicinal plants, also called medicinal herbs, have been discovered and used in traditional medicine practices since prehistoric times. Plants synthesize hundreds of chemical compounds for various functions, including defense and protection ...

, such as ''guanto'' or '' floripondio'' (''

Brugmansia ''Brugmansia'' is a genus of seven species of flowering plants in the nightshade family Solanaceae. They are woody trees or shrubs, with pendulous flowers, and have no spines on their fruit. Their large, fragrant flowers give them their common n ...

''), a species known as the ''flower of the Inca'' and which was believed to scare away evil spirits, the

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Cinchona officinalis ''Cinchona officinalis'' is a South American tree in the family Rubiaceae. It is native to wet montane forests in Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia, between 1600–2700 meters above sea level. Description ''Cinchona officinalis'' is a shrub ...

'', the remedy for

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s, in a project that will be planned in agreement with the schools in the area. *

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Climate

The

climate Climate is the long-term weather pattern in an area, typically averaged over 30 years. More rigorously, it is the mean and variability of meteorological variables over a time spanning from months to millions of years. Some of the meteorologica ...

of the city corresponds to the subtropical highland climate; Quito is divided into 3 zones; south, center, and north; where the south is the coldest place in the city because it is the highest area, the center is hot; where the highest temperatures always occur, and the north is temperate. Quito's climate is divided into 2 seasons or stages; winter with a prolonged rainy season and a four-month dry season where the highest temperatures occur. Quito always has a temperate climate with temperatures ranging from 10º to 27 °C.

Location

It is located on Rumipamba Street and Av. Río Amazonas, in the " Parque La Carolina", located near an important commercial area of Quito, and next to the "Museum of Natural Sciences".

Quito, Ecuador Quito (; qu, Kitu), formally San Francisco de Quito, is the capital and largest city of Ecuador, with an estimated population of 2.8 million in its urban area. It is also the capital of the province of Pichincha. Quito is located in a valley on ...

. '' Quito Botanical Garden '' Passage # 34, Rumipamba E6-264 and Av Shirys, Interior of Parque La Carolina

Ecuador Ecuador ( ; ; Quechuan languages, Quechua: ''Ikwayur''; Shuar language, Shuar: ''Ecuador'' or ''Ekuatur''), officially the Republic of Ecuador ( es, República del Ecuador, which literally translates as "Republic of the Equator"; Quechuan ...

Visiting hours are Monday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. and every Sunday and holidays from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

References

External links

Official page of the Botanical Garden of Quito

Page about the Botanical Garden of Quito

(Spanish)
Official page of the Quito Botanical Garden
in the BGCI (English)

Bibliography

* Dodson, C.H. & FROM. Bennett. 1989. Orchids of Peru. Icon. Pl. Trop. Series II. Fascicle 1–2: 1–200. * Dodson, C.H. & P.M. Dodson. 1984. Orchids of Ecuador. Icon. Pl. Trop. 10: 901–1000. * Dodson, C.H. & R. Escobar Restrepo. 1994. AA-Dracula. 1: 11–207. In C.H. Dodson & R. Escobar Restrepo Nat. Ecuad. Orch .. Editorial Colina, Medellín. * Jørgensen, P. M. & C. Ulloa Ulloa. 1994. Seed plants of the high Andes of Ecuador --- A checklist. AAU Rep. 34: 1–443. * Jørgensen, P. M. & S. León-Yánez. (eds.) 1999. Catalog of the vascular plants of Ecuador. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 75: i – viii, 1–1181. * Williams, N. H. 1972. A reconsideration of Ada and the glumaceous Brassias (Orchidaceae). Brittonia 24 (1): 93–110. {{DEFAULTSORT:Quito Botanical Garden Botanical gardens in Ecuador Parks in Ecuador Cactus gardens