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Spain Total no. of Botanic Gardens recorded in Spain: 15 (+ 12 local botanic gardens or recenly established projects). Approx. no. of living plant accessions recorded in these botanic gardens: c.50,000 Approx. no. of taxa in these collections: c.15,000 (8,000 to 10,000 spp.) Estimated % of pre-CBD collections: 90% Location: ALCALA DE HENARES Founded: 1990 Garden Name: Real Jardín Botánico Juan Carlos I Address: Oficina Técnica J. Botánico, Universidad de Alcalá Pza. Cervantes, 8.28801, 28801 ALCALA DE HEN ARES, Madrid. Status: University. Herbarium: Unknown Ex situ Collections: Iberian trees and shrubs (2,000 accessions representing 500 spp.), useful plants such as medicinals, palms, fruit trees and oil plants; ornamentals, systematic collection (1,200 spp), tropical plants (orchids, cacti and other succulents (1,100 spp. in total), seed bank with 1,200 spp. No. of taxa: c.2,500 (spp.) Rare & Endangered plants: Yes Location: BARCELONA Founded: 1934 Garden Name: Jardí Botànic de Barcelona Address: Avinguda de Muntanyans, s/n Parc de Montjuíc, 08038 BARCELONA. Status: Municipal Herbarium: Yes Approx. no. of herbarium specimens: 700,000 Ex situ Collections: Plants of Balearic Isles, North Africa, Morocco. Maintains a seed bank with medium-term storage capacity, containing 2,367 accessions, representing 1,722 species (1994 figures). No. of taxa: 1,400 Rare & Endangered plants: Yes Location: BARCELONA Founded: Unknown Garden Name: Servicio Municipal de Parques y Jardines Address: Avda. Marques de Comillas, Parc de Montjuic, BARCELONA 4. Status: Municipal Herbarium: No Ex situ Collections: No information available. No. of taxa: Unknown Rare & Endangered plants: Unknown Location: BILBAO Founded: 1988 Garden Name: Jardín Botánico de Bilbao Address: Universidad del Pais Vasco (Bilbao), APDO 644, 48080 Bilbao. Status: University Herbarium: Unknown Ex situ Collections: No information available. No. of taxa: Unknown Rare & Endangered plants: Unknown Location: BLANES Founded: 1952 Garden Name: Jardí Botànic Marimurta Address: Fundacion Carlos Faust, 13700 BLANES, Provincia Girona. Status: Unknown Herbarium: Yes Approx. no. of herbarium specimens: 4,000 Ex situ Collections: A general collection of Mediterranean trees and shrubs, such a Phoenix theophrasti, Quercus suber, and plants from other parts of the world. Medicinal plants, aromatics, useful plants (such as pomegratates, olives), palms, bamboos, cacti and other succulents, aquatic plant, native plants. Maintains a seed bank with long-term storage capacity, containing 203 accessions representing 39 species (1994 figures). No. of taxa: 4,000 Rare & Endangered plants: Some threatened native plants. Location: BLANES Founded: 1952 Garden Name: Jardín de Aclimatación "Pinya de Rosa" Address: Sta Cristina, Lloret de Mar, 17300 BLANES. Status: Private Herbarium: No Ex situ Collections: Opuntia (600 spp.), Agave, Yucca, Mesembryanthemum, Aloe, Conophytum, Lithops. Some native flora too. No. of taxa: 7,000 Rare & Endangered plants: Yes. Location: CORDOBA Founded: 1983 Garden Name: Jardín Botánico de Córdoba Address: Apdo. 3048, 14080 CORDOBA. Status: University and municipa Herbarium: Yes Approx. no. of herbarium specimens: 35,000 Ex situ Collections: Economic plants. Germplasm bank of Andalusian plants (including +3,000 accessions, representing 1,500 taxa), ethnobotanical plants and a museum of ethnobotanical artefacts, greenhouse collections including ornamental plants, economic plants, Agavaceae and Cactaceae, plants from the Americas. Plants of Mediterranan woodlands, such as Cistus, Quercus, Lavandula, Rosmarinus, plants of the Canary and Balearic islands, Rosa (cvs), fruit trees such as cvs of apple, pear, plum, quince and pomegranate. Plant fossil collection (150,000 samples). No. of taxa: 1,500 Rare & Endangered plants: Endemic Iberian plants, Crucifers Satellite Gardens: Cerro del Caballo, Lonijaron Special Conservation Collections: Germplasm collections of native plants, such as Aquilegia cazorlensis, Artemisia granatensis, Coincya rupestris, Lysimachia minoricensis, Antirrhinum charidemii. Location: EL BOSQUE Founded: Unknown Garden Name: El Castillejo Botanic Garden Address: El Bosque, Sierra de Grazalema Nature Park, S. Spain Status: State Herbarium: Unknown Ex situ Collections: No information available. No. of taxa: Unknown Rare & Endangered plants: Unknown Location: LAS PALMAS Founded: 1952 Garden Name: Jardín Botánico "Viera y Clavijo" Address: Apartado de Correos 14, Tafira Alta, LAS PALMAS, Gran Canaria, Islas Canarias. Status: State (Island government) Herbarium: Yes Approx. no. of herbarium specimens: 5,000 Ex situ Collections: Endemic plants of Macaronesia especially the Canary Islands, Cactaceae and African succulents (2,000 taxa), ornamental garden of native plants, Tillandsia, subtropical island endemics. Seed bank of native plants, including +2,000 accessions of 400 endemic spp. Native vegetation areas have been created in the garden, grown from plants of wild origin from various parts of the Canary Islands, including Canarian pine forest and Laurisilva forest. No. of taxa: 6,000 Rare & Endangered plants:Endangered Canarian species, African succulents Special Conservation Collections: Endemic Canarian species, Aloes, succulent Euphorbias, Madeiran and Cape Verdean species. Location: MADRID Founded: 1755 Garden Name: Real Jardín Botánico Address: Plaza de Murillo 2, 28014 MADRID. Status: State Herbarium: Yes Approx. no. of herbarium specimens: 500,000 Ex situ Collections: Mediterranean flora. Maintains a seed bank with medium -term storage capacity, containing 3,259 accessions, representing 2,383 species (1994 figures). No. of taxa: 3,000 Rare & Endangered plants: Yes. Special Conservation Collections: Spanish endemic species collection. Location: MALAGA Founded: Opened to the public in 1994. Garden Name: Jardín Botánico-Histórico “La Concepción” de Málaga Address: Patronato Botanico Municipal "Ciudad de Malaga", C.N. 331 Km166, 29014 Malaga. Status: Municipal Herbarium: Unknown. Ex situ Collections: Tropical and subtropical plants (4,000 accessions), palms (25 spp.), bamboos, Ficus, cycads, ornamentals, Alpinia. Decorative trees such as Magnolia grandiflora, Dracaena draco, Diospyros kaki, Ficus macrophylla and F. microphylla, Acacia dealbata and Araucaria bidwillii. No. of taxa: 300 (spp.) Rare & Endangered plants: A few. Other botanic gardens in MALAGA are as follows: Jardín Botánico Universidad de Málaga (UMA), address unknown, and BioParque "el Retiro" sa., Apartado de Correos 885, 29000 MALAGA. No information on their collections is available. Location: MALLORCA Founded: 1986 Garden Name: Jardi Botanic de Sóller Address: Ctra. Palma - Port de Soller Km. 30, Apt. 55, 07100 - SOLLER, Mallorca, Islas Baleares. Status: Municipal Herbarium: Yes Approx. no. of herbarium specimens: 5,000 Ex situ Collections: Flora of the Mediterranean region and in particular, the flora of the Balearic Islands. An annual seed list is prepared. No. of taxa: 1,000 Rare & Endangered plants:Yes. About 308 endemic, rare or endangered arecultivated. A seed bank of native species is maintained containing 170 accessions, representing 100 species. Germplasm of threatened species is included in this facility. Special Conservation Collections: Balearic endemics, Western Mediterranean island flora. Location: SIERRA NEVADA Founded: 1965 Garden Name: Jardín Botánico Universitario de Sierra Nevada Address: Departamento de Biología, Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad de Granada, Campus de Cartuja, 18071 Granada. Status: University Herbarium: No Ex situ Collections: Plants of the Sierra Nevada. Maintains a seed bank with medium-term storage capacity, containing 620 accessions, representing 192 species (1994 figures). No. of taxa: Unknown Rare & Endangered plants: Unknown. The Jardín Botánico “La Cortijuela” was also recently established by the Universitario de Sierra Nevada in the Sierra Nevada mountains and managed in cooperation with the Junta de Andalucia, Agencia de Medio Ambiente. The Teide National Park at La Laguna TENERIFE, Canary Islands has a native plant garden situated at El Portillo on the eastern border of the park. Its collections include plantings of c.50 native taxa, including Echium, Sideritis, Bystropogon, Aeonium, Cistus, Silene and Compositae. Priority is given to the rescue and cultivation of threatened plants. Location: TENERIFE Founded: 1788 Garden Name: Jardin de Aclimatacion de la Orotava Address: La Paz, 38400 Puerto de la Cruz, TENERIFE, Canary Islands. Status: State (Island government) Herbarium: Yes Approx. no. of herbarium specimens: 30,000 Ex situ Collections: Palms, Aroids, Bromeliads. No. of taxa: 4,000 Rare & Endangered plants: Yes, threatened natives and plants from the Macaronesian islands. Location: VALENCIA Founded: 1802 Garden Name: Jardí Botànic de la Universidad de Valencià Address: Beato Gaspar de Bono, 6, 46008 VALENCIA. Status: University Herbarium: Yes Approx. no. of herbarium specimens: 50,000 Ex situ Collections: Palmaceae, Fagaceae, Desert plants. Plants from similar Mediterranean climatic regions throughout the world. Maintains a seed bank with medium -term storage capacity, containing 230 accessions, representing 219 species (1994 figures). No. of taxa: 3,500 Rare & Endangered plants: West Mediterranean endemics. Special Conservation Collections: Yes. In the Province of Andalucía there the following local botanic gardens of the R.E.N.P.A. - Red de Espacios Naturales Protegidos de Andalucía, P.N. Sierra Norte de Sevilla. Constantina, Sevilla: