South China Botanical Garden


The South China Botanical Garden of the Chinese Academy of Sciences is a large botanical garden in Guangzhou, Guangdong province in southern China.

History

The garden was founded in 1929 by botanist Chen Huanyong. The garden focuses on research in ecology, systematic and evolutionary botany, plant resources, biotechnology, landscape and gardening. It covers 1155 hectares and contains 2400 plant species.
The garden is organized into several specialized collections containing:

Greenhouses