Poland

Total no. of Botanic Gardens recorded in Poland- 25. Approx. no. of living plant accessions recorded in these botanic gardens: 60,000 to 70,000. Approx. no. of taxa in these collections: 10,000 to 15,000 (c.8,000 to 10,000 spp.). Estimated % of pre-CBD collections: 80% to 90%.

Location: BYDGOSZCZ Founded: 1977 Garden Name: Instytut Hodowli i Aklimatyzacji Roslin Address: Ogrod Botaniczny, ul. Jezdziecka 5, 85-687 BYDGOSZCZ. Status: Educational Establishment Herbarium: Yes Approx. no. of herbarium specimens: 10,000 Ex situ Collections: Grasses: food, decorative and for special purposes. Agricultural, horticultural, medicinal and decorative plants. Greenhouse plants. Maintains a seed bank with long-term storage capacity, containing 21,700 accessions representing 21 species (1994 figures). No. of taxa: 2,400 Rare & Endangered plants: Approximately 10 threatened native species. Special Conservation Collections: 25 species preserved in Poland.

Location: BYDGOSZCZ Founded: 1980 Garden Name: Botanic Garden of Forest Park of Culture and Recreation Address: Aleje 1 maja 173 - 175, 85 - 674 BYDGOSZCZ. Status: State Herbarium: No Ex situ Collections: Native plants. No. of taxa: 470 Rare & Endangered plants: Yes, local plants.

Location: GDANSK Founded: 1947 Garden Name: Instytut Technologii i Analizy Leku Address: Akademii Medycznej w Gdansku, Ogrod Roslin Leczniczych, ul. K. Marks 107, 80-146 GDANSK-WRZESZCZ. Status: Educational Establishment Herbarium: No. Ex situ Collections: No information available. No. of taxa: 600 Rare & Endangered plants: Unknown

Location: GLINNA Founded: 1930 Garden Name: Arboretum Glinna Address: Forest Inspectorate Gryfino, Forest District of Glinna, Szczecin Voivodeship. Status: University Herbarium: No Ex situ Collections: Liquidambar, Parrotiopsis, Idesia, Diospyros, Calocedrus, Cedrus, Torreya, Cryptomeria, Cephalotaxus, Cunninghamia, Abies. Some specimen trees. No. of taxa: 180 Rare & Endangered plants: Unknown

Location: GOLUCHOW Founded: 1870 Garden Name: Wyzsza Skola Rolnicza w Poznaniu Address: Arboretum Goluchow, Poczta GOLUCHOW, Powiat Pleszew. Status: State Herbarium: Yes Approx. no. of herbarium specimens: Unknown Ex situ Collections: Forest trees and ornamentals. No. of taxa: 2,000 Rare & Endangered plants: Unknown

Location: KORNIK Founded: 1925 Garden Name: Kórnik Arboretum Address: Institute of Dendrology, Polish Academy of Sciences, ul. Parkowa 5, 63-120 KORNIK. Status: State Herbarium: Yes Approx. no. of herbarium specimens: 55,000 Ex situ Collections: Syringa, M alus, Forsythia, Acer, Tilia, Populus, Betula., Magnolia, Deutzia, Carpinus, Lonicera, Coniferae, No. of taxa: 3,200 Rare & Endangered plants: Unknown

Location: KRAKOW Founded: 1783 Garden Name: Ogrod Botaniczny Universytetu Jagellonskiego Address: ul. Kopernika 27, 31-501 KRAKOW. Status: University Herbarium: Yes Approx. no. of herbarium specimens: 275,700 Ex situ Collections: Cycadaceae, Orchidaceae, Cactaceae, Platycerium, Acer, Betula. No. of taxa: 5,000 Rare & Endangered plants: Unknown Special Conservation Collections: Threatened species from local flora, about 50 species.

Location: KRAKOW Founded: 1951 Garden Name: Division of Medicinal Plants Address: Institute of Pharmacology, Polish Academy of Sciences, 176 Radzikowskiego Str, 31-342 KRAKOW. Status: State Herbarium: Yes Approx. no. of herbarium specimens: 50 Ex situ Collections: Medicinal plants. No. of taxa: 300 Rare & Endangered plants: Unknown

Location: LODZ Founded: 1946 Garden Name: Ogród Botaniczny Address: ul. Krzemieniecka nr 36/38, 94-303 LODZ 28. Status: State Herbarium: No Ex situ Collections: Polish plants, technical and medicinal plants. No. of taxa: Unknown Rare & Endangered plants: Unknown

Location: LODZ Founded: Unknown Garden Name: Hortus Plantarum Medicarum Address: Department of Pharmacognosy Medical Academy, 90-145 LODZ Muszynskiego. Status: University Herbarium: No Ex situ Collections: Medicinal plants. No. of taxa: Unknown Rare & Endangered plants: Unknown

Location: LUBLIN Founded: 1963 Garden Name: Ogrod Botaniczny Marie Curie Uniwerstytetu Address: Sklodovskiej, ul. Slawinkowska 3, 20-810 LUBLIN. Status: University Herbarium: Yes Approx. no. of herbarium specimens: 343,800 Ex situ Collections: Tulipa, Rosa, native flora. No. of taxa: 4,500 Rare & Endangered plants: Unknown

Location: LUBLIN Founded: 1960 Garden Name: Hortus Pharmacognosticus Address: Academiae Medicinalis, ul. Pstrowskiego 12, 20007 LUBLIN. Status: State Herbarium: Yes Approx. no. of herbarium specimens: Unknown Ex situ Collections: Umbelliferous medicinal plants. No. of taxa: Unknown Rare & Endangered plants: Unknown

Location: PABIANICE Founded: 1984 Garden Name: Roman Plaskota Address: Botanical Gardens, PL-95-200 PABIANICE, ul. Wyspianskiego 1 m 5. Status: Unknown Herbarium: Yes Approx. no. of herbarium specimens: 30 Ex situ Collections: Liliaceae, Iridaceae, Primulaceae. No. of taxa: 950 Rare & Endangered plants: Lilium Special Conservation Collections: Conservation of wild lilies

Location: POZNAN Founded: 1947 Garden Name: Hortus Botanicus Instituti Plantarum Medicinalium Address: ul. Libelta 27, 61-707 POZNAN. Status: State Herbarium: Yes Approx. no. of herbarium specimens: 2,000 Ex situ Collections: Medicinal plants. No. of taxa: 2,000 Rare & Endangered plants: Unknown Special Conservation Collections: medicinal plants.

Location: POZNAN Founded: 1925 Garden Name: Botanic Garden of Adam Mickiewicz University Address: ul. Dabrowskiego 165, 60-594 POZNAN. Status: University Herbarium: Yes (two) Total Approx. no. of herbarium specimens: 395,000 Ex situ Collections: Trees and shrubs, perennials, Cactaceae, Crassulaceae, rock plants. No. of taxa: 8,000 Rare & Endangered plants: Unknown

Location: POZNAN Founded: 1924 Garden Name: Katedra i Zaklad Roslin Leczniczych Address: Akademia Medyczna, Ul. Mazowiecka 33, 60-623 POZNAN. Status: University Herbarium: Yes Approx. no. of herbarium specimens: 700 Ex situ Collections: No information available No. of taxa: 79 Rare & Endangered plants: 10 species.

Location: PRZELEWICE Founded: 1933 Garden Name: Arboretum Przelewice Address: 74-210 PRZELEWICE, Szczecin. Status: State Herbarium: No Ex situ Collections: Picea, Chamaecyparis, Juniperus, Abies, Thuja, Taxus, Acer, Malus, Magnolia, Betula, Cotoneaster. No. of taxa: 808 Rare & Endangered plants: Abies pinsapo, A.delavayi, A. iowiana, Picea smithiana, Pinus ayacahuite, P. tabulae, Microbiota decussata.

Location: ROGOW Founded: 1925 Garden Name: Arboretum Lesny Zaklad Doswiadczalny SGGW-AR Address: Experimental Forests, Warsaw Agricultural University, 96-135 ROGOW. Status: University Herbarium: Yes Approx. no. of herbarium specimens: Unknown Ex situ Collections: Conifers, Acer, forest experimental areas with foreign tree species. No. of taxa: 1,800 Rare & Endangered plants: Unknown

Location: TORUN Founded: Unknown Garden Name: Uniwersytet Mikoloja Kopernika Address: Instytut Biology, Ogrod Botaniczny, ul. Sienkiewicza 30-32, TORUN. Status: University Herbarium: No Ex situ Collections: No information available. No. of taxa: Unknown Rare & Endangered plants: Unknown

Location: WARSAW Founded: 1818 Garden Name: Warsaw University Botanic Garden Address: Al. Ujazdowskie 4, 00-478 WARSZAWA. Status: University Herbarium: Yes Approx. no. of herbarium specimens: 450,000 Ex situ Collections: Polish lowland flora, alpines, taxonomy collection, plant biology collection, medicinal plants, Polish woody cultivars. Maintains a seed bank with long-term storage capacity, containing 2,000 accessions representing 15 species (1994 figures). No. of taxa: 6,000 Rare & Endangered plants: Yes, ostrich fern, Siberian iris, columbine.

Location: WARSAW Founded: 1974 Garden Name: Ogród Botaniczny Address: Polskiej Akademii Nauk, Powsin, ul. Prawdziwka 2, 02-937 WARSAW 34 Status: State Herbarium: No Ex situ Collections: Secale, Lupinus, dwarf conifers, Hemerocallis, Iris, medicinal plants. No. of taxa: 7,000 Rare & Endangered plants: Endemic species of Poland. Special Conservation Collections: Endangered species of wild flora.

Location: WROCLAW Founded: 1811 Garden Name: Ogród Botaniczny Address: Uniwersytetu Wroclawskiego, ul. Sienkiewicza 23, 50-335 WROCLAW. Status: University Herbarium: Yes Approx. no. of herbarium specimens: Unknown Ex situ Collections: Aquatics, succulents, orchids, bromeliads, Iris, alpines, outdoor ornamentals, Rhododendron. No. of taxa: 7,100 Rare & Endangered plants: Yes. Special Conservation Collections: Native protected plants, collection of Cactaceae, some Cycadaceae etc.

Location: WROCLAW Founded: 1947 Garden Name: Hortus Plantarum Medicinarum Address: Academiae Medicae Vratislaviae, ul. Kochanowskiego 12, 51-601 WROCLAW. Status: State Herbarium: No. Ex situ Collections: Medicinal plants. No. of taxa: 1,794 Rare & Endangered plants: Unknown

Location: WROCLAW Founded: 1880 Garden Name: Arboretum Wojslawice Address: Muzeum Przyrodnicze, ul Sienkiewicza 23, 50-335 WROCLAW. Status: University Herbarium: No. Ex situ Collections: Rhododendron No. of taxa: Unknown Rare & Endangered plants: Unknown

Location: ZAKOPANE Founded: 1953 Garden Name: Raciborski Mountain Botanical Garden Address: ul. Zborowskiego 1, 34-500 ZAKOPANE. Status: State Herbarium: Yes Approx. no. of herbarium specimens: 10,080 Ex situ Collections: Saxifraga and Gentiana, fern collection, seed collection ca. 1,000 species. No. of taxa: 610 Rare & Endangered plants: The garden has representatives of 65 species under protection (e.g. Crocus scepusiensis, Lilium martagon, Cypripedium calceolus) comprising 29% of all protected plant species in Poland. 25 endangered species exist in the garden (Pulsatilla slavica, Cochlearia tatrae, Saxifraga hirculus). Special Conservation Collections: Rare and threatened mountain plant species. Peatbog plants (Drosera rotundifolia, Ledum palustre).