Living Collection of the Gothenburg Botanical Garden

Occurrence
Latest version published by Gothenburg Botanical Garden on Feb 15, 2024 Gothenburg Botanical Garden
Publication date:
15 February 2024
License:
CC0 1.0

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Description

The area in total is 175 hectares (ca 430 acres), of which most constitutes a nature reserve including the arboretum. The garden proper is about 40 hectares and here grow some 16,000 different species and cultivars. There are many different parts of the garden such as the Rhododendron Valley, the Japanese Glade and the Rockgarden. In the Greenhouses you will find about 4,000 various species and cultivars, including some 1,500 orchids, a remarkable travertine department and the rare Eastern Island Tree. The garden is involved in conservation projects of threatened species in western Sweden.

Data Records

The data in this occurrence resource has been published as a Darwin Core Archive (DwC-A), which is a standardized format for sharing biodiversity data as a set of one or more data tables. The core data table contains 23,904 records.

3 extension data tables also exist. An extension record supplies extra information about a core record. The number of records in each extension data table is illustrated below.

Occurrence (core)
23904
MaterialSample 
23916
ResourceRelationship 
155
Permit 
22

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Versions

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How to cite

Researchers should cite this work as follows:

Havström M, Krüger Å (2024). Living Collection of the Gothenburg Botanical Garden. Version 1.8. Göteborgs Botaniska Trädgård. Occurrence dataset. GBG

Rights

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The publisher and rights holder of this work is Gothenburg Botanical Garden. To the extent possible under law, the publisher has waived all rights to these data and has dedicated them to the Public Domain (CC0 1.0). Users may copy, modify, distribute and use the work, including for commercial purposes, without restriction.

GBIF Registration

This resource has been registered with GBIF, and assigned the following GBIF UUID: ea05dcbd-0d05-4785-9313-0ec68cb90426.  Gothenburg Botanical Garden publishes this resource, and is itself registered in GBIF as a data publisher endorsed by GBIF Sweden.

Keywords

Occurrence; botany; Living specimen; vascular plants; Occurrence

Contacts

Mats Havström
  • Curator
  • Originator
  • Point Of Contact
Head of research and collections
Gothenburg Botanical Garden
Carl Skottbergs gata 22a
41319 Göteborg
SE
Åsa Krüger
  • Metadata Provider
  • Point Of Contact
Scientific curator
Gothenburg Botanical Garden
Cal Skottbergsgata 22a
41319 Göteborg
SE
Hanna Tornevall
  • Point Of Contact
Director
Gothenburg Botanical Garden
Carl Skottsbergs gata 22 a
41319 Göteborg
SE

Geographic Coverage

The collection has a broad geographical range.

Bounding Coordinates South West [-90, -180], North East [90, 180]

Taxonomic Coverage

The collection includes vascular plants.

Phylum Tracheophytes (Vascular plants)

Temporal Coverage

Start Date / End Date 1900-01-01 / 2024-01-11

Project Data

Gothenburg Botanical Garden. Collection of living specimens, vascular plants.

Title Gothenburg Botanical Garden
Identifier GBG
Funding Västra Götaland regional council (the public government sector)

The personnel involved in the project:

Mats Havström
  • Curator
Åsa Krüger

Sampling Methods

Seed exchange, field collecting of living material among others.

Study Extent Living collection of vascular plants from a wide geographical range.
Quality Control Curation

Method step description:

  1. Not appicable

Collection Data

Collection Name Gothenburg Botanical Garden
Collection Identifier GBG
Parent Collection Identifier Not applicable
Specimen preservation methods Other
Curatorial Units Between 25,000 and 35,000 living plant specimens

Additional Metadata

Purpose Research, horticulture, conservation, education
Maintenance Description Curation
Alternative Identifiers ea05dcbd-0d05-4785-9313-0ec68cb90426
https://www.gbif.se/ipt/resource?r=gothenburg-botanic-garden