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Total no. of Botanic Gardens recorded in Japan: 55. Approx. no. of living plant accessions recorded in these botanic gardens: 150,000 to 200,000 Approx. no. of taxa in these collections: 16,000 to 18,000 (perhaps 12,000 spp.). Estimated % of pre-CBD collections: Unknown, perhaps 75% or more.

Location: BEPPU Founded: 1952 Garden Name: Oita Research Station Address: Turumi-710, BEPPU CITY, Oita-pref. Status: Unknown Herbarium: Yes Approx. no. of herbarium specimens: 1,000 Ex situ Collections: Tropical orchids, Rhododendron, Acer, Cupressaceae. No. of taxa: Unknown Rare & Endangered plants: Unknown

Location: CHIBA Founded: 1965 Garden Name: Kemigawa Arboretum Address: Experimental Station of Plants for Landscaping, Faculty of , University of , 1051 Hatamachi, CHIBA-CITY. Status: University Herbarium: Yes Approx. no. of herbarium specimens: 500 Ex situ Collections: Trees and shrubs, lawn grasses, camellias. No. of taxa: 600 Rare & Endangered plants: Unknown Special Conservation Collections: Lotus.

Location: CHIBA-KEN Founded: 1930 Garden Name: Keisei Rose Nurseries Inc. Address: Keisei Rose Research Institute, Owadashinden, Yachiyo-shi, CHIBA-KEN. 276 Status: Unknown Herbarium: No Ex situ Collections: Roses No. of taxa: Unknown Rare & Endangered plants: Unknown Special Conservation Collections: Rosa

Location: ENOSHIMA Founded: Unknown Garden Name: Enoshima Tropical Plants Garden Address: ENOSHIMA 2-3-28, Fujisawa. Status: Unknown Herbarium: No Ex situ Collections: Camellias. No. of taxa: 203 Rare & Endangered plants: Unknown

Location: FUKUOKA Founded: 1980 Garden Name: Fukuoka Municipal Address: 1-1 Ozasa 5 Chome, Chuo-ku, Fukuoka City. Status: Municipal Herbarium: Yes Approx. no. of herbarium specimens: 600 Ex situ Collections: No information available. No. of taxa: Unknown Rare & Endangered plants: Unknown

Location: GIFU Founded: 1971 Garden Name: Herbal Garden of Gifu Pharmaceutical University Address: 6-1 Mitahora-higashi, 5 Chome GIFU, 502 Japan. Status: University Herbarium: No. Ex situ Collections: Medicinal plants. No. of taxa: Unknown Rare & Endangered plants: Unknown Special Conservation Collections: Medicinal plants.

Location: HACHIOJI Founded: 1921 Garden Name: Asakawa Experimental Forest Address: Forestry and Forest products Research Institute, 1833 Todori - machi, Hachioji-shi, Tokyo, 193 Japan. Status: Educational Establishment Herbarium: Yes Approx. no. of herbarium specimens: 42,000 Ex situ Collections: Flowering cherries, native flora. No. of taxa: 1,500 Rare & Endangered plants: Unknown Special Conservation Collections: 283 clones (varieties) of flowering cherry.

Location: HAKONE Founded: 1976 Garden Name: Hakone Botanical Garden of Wetlands Address: K817 Sengokohara, HAKONEMACHI, Kanagawa 250-06 Status: Municipal Herbarium: Unknown. Ex situ Collections: Woody and herbaceous wetland plants, including Primula, Hemerocallis, Lysichitum, Iris, Lilium and Habenaria. Alpines (c.120 spp.), spring flowers, aquatics, rock plants, deciduous trees such as Quercus, Cornus and Acer. No. of taxa: +1,000 Rare & Endangered plants: Threatened local wetland plants. Special Conservation Collections: Wetland spp.

Location: Founded: 1969 Garden Name: Hamamatsu City Flower Park Address: Kanzanji, HAMAMATSU. Status: Municipal Herbarium: No. Ex situ Collections: No information available. No. of taxa: Unknown Rare & Endangered plants: Unknown

Location: HIDAKAGUN Founded: 1939 Garden Name: Wakayama Experimental Station of Medicinal Plants Address: 1208 Habu, Kawabe-Cho, HIDAKAGUN, Wakayama-Ken, 649-13 Japan Status: State Herbarium: No Ex situ Collections: Medicinal plants. No. of taxa: 500 Rare & Endangered plants: Unknown

Location: HIROSHIMA Founded: 1976 Garden Name: The Hiroshima Botanical Garden Address: 495 Kurashige, Schome, Saeki-ku, Hiroshima 731-51. Status: Municipal Herbarium: Yes Approx. no. of herbarium specimens: 6,000 Ex situ Collections: Orchids, begonias, Gesneriaceae. No. of taxa: 10,000 Rare & Endangered plants: Unknown Special Conservation C ollections: Native orchids in Japan.

Location: HYOGO Founded: 1985 Garden Name: Hyogo Prefectural Awaji Farm Park Address: 1396 Yagiyohgikami, Mihara, HYOGO, P.C. 656-04. Status: Municipal Herbarium: No. Ex situ Collections: No information available. No. of taxa: 3,700 Rare & Endangered plants: Unknown Special Conservation Collections: Native Calanthe in Awaji Island.

Location: HYOGO Founded: 1974 Garden Name: Hyogo Prefecture Flower Center Address: 1282-1 Iimori, Toyokura, Kasai, P.C. 679-01 Japan. Status: Municipal Herbarium: No Ex situ Collections: Begonia, Gesneriaceae. No. of taxa: 2,053 Rare & Endangered plants: Unknown

Location: IBARAKI Founded: 1976 Garden Name: Botanical Garden Address: National Science Museum, Amakubo 4-1-1, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305. Status: State Herbarium: Yes Approx. no.of herbarium specimens: Unknown Ex situ Collections: Vascular plants of central Japan, east Asian , Cycadaceae, Colocasia, South American orchids. No. of taxa: 4,000 Rare & Endangered plants: Unknown

Location: KAGOSHIMA Founded: 1971 Garden Name: Kagoshima Botanical Garden Address: 1-7-15 Yoziro, KAGOSHIMA CITY, Kagoshima Prefecture. Status: Municipal Herbarium: No Ex situ Collections: No information available. No. of taxa: Unknown Rare & Endangered plants: Unknown

Location: KAMO-GUN Founded: 1969 Garden Name: Jungle Park Address: 546-1 Irozaki -Machi, KAMO-GUN, -Prefecture. Status: Unknown Herbarium: Yes Approx. no. of herbarium specimens: 3,000 Ex situ Collections: No information available. No. of taxa: Unknown Rare & Endangered plants: Unknown

Location: KANAGAWA Founded: 1961 Garden Name: Kanagawa Prefectural Ofuna Botanical Garden Address: 1018 Okamoto, KAMAKURASHI, Kanagawa. Status: State Herbarium: No Ex situ Collections: Paeonia suffruticosa, Paeonia lactiflora, Iris kaempferi, Camellia, Azalea, Selaginella tamariscina. No. of taxa: 10,000 Rare & Endangered plants: Unknown

Location: KANAGAWA Founded: 1967 Garden Name: Botanical Garden Address: Tokyo University of Agriculture, 1737, Funako, Atsugi, Kanagawa. Status: University Herbarium: Yes Approx. no.of herbarium specimens: Unknown Ex situ Collections: Theaceae, Malvaceae, Ebenaceae. Useful plants. No. of taxa: 1,500 Rare & Endangered plants: Unknown

Location: KANAZAWA Founded: 1950 Garden Name: Botanic Garden of the Faculty of Science Address: University of Kanazawa, Marunouchi, KANAZAWA-SHI, Ishikawaken. Status: University Herbarium: No. Ex situ Collections: No information available. No. of taxa: Unknown Rare & Endange red plants: Unknown

Location: KAWAGUCHI CITY Founded: 1967 Garden Name: Botanical Gardeb of Kawaguchi-City Address: Araijuku 700, KAWAGUCHI CITY, Saitama Prefecture. Status: Municipal Herbarium: No. Ex situ Collections: No information available. No. of taxa: Unknown Rare & Endangered plants: Unknown

Location: KOBE Founded: 1940 Garden Name: Kobe Municipal Arboretum Address: 4-1 Nakaichiri-yama, Shimotanigami, Yammada-cho, Kita-Ku, KOBE. Status: Municipal Herbarium: Yes Approx. no. of herbarium specimens: 10,000 Ex situ Collections: Native and exotic trees and shrubs, conifers. Trees from the Japanese , , North America, Europe and . Cherries, Hydrangea, Rhododendron. No. of taxa: 1,257 Rare & Endangered plants: Unknown

Location: KOBE Founded: 1933 Garden Name: The Rokko Alpine Botanical Garden Address: Mt Rokko, KOBE. Status: Herbarium: Yes Approx. no. of herbarium specimens: 1200 Ex situ Collections: Alpine plants of Japan and Himalayan plants. No. of taxa: 900 Rare & Endangered plants: Unknown

Location: KOCHI Founded: 1958 Garden Name: Makino Kochi Prefectural Botanical Garden Address: Godaisan, 3579-2 Kochi City, KOCHI-KEN. Status: Municipal Herbarium: Yes Approx. no. of herbarium specimens: 30,000 Ex situ Collections: Japanese Rhododendron, Acer, Chrysanthemum, serpentine plants, limestone plants, plants of Sohayaki region, wild plants of Kochi region. No. of taxa: 5,000 Rare & Endangered plants: Unknown

Location: KOSHIGAYA Founded: 1898 Garden Name: The Aritaki Arboretum Address: 2566 KOSHIGAYA, Koshigaya-Shi, Saitama-Ken 343. Status: Unknown Herbarium: No Ex situ Collections: Trees and shrubs. Magnoliaceae (Magnolia grandiflora, M. distichum, M. macrophylla, M. sieboldii), Theaceae, Eucommiaceae, Sapium sebiferum, Pterocarya stenoptera, Catalpa speciosa, Quercus serrata, Cornus kousa, C. florida, C. capitata, Tilia tomentosa, T. miqueriana, Eucommia ulmoides, Fritillaria verticillata, Pachysandra terminalis, Rhamnella franguloides, Chimonobambusa quadrangularis, Ilex rotunda, I. latifolia, I. opaca, Hydrangea macrophylla, Aesculus turbinata, A. carnea, Catalpa ovata, C. speciosa, Actinidia chinense, Ehretia dicksonii var. japonica, Camptotheca acuminata, Liriodendron tulipifera, Chimonanthus praecox, Diospyros kaki, Sapindus mukurosi, Sabia japonica, Cinnamomum camphora, Ulmus parvifolia, Koelreuteria bipinnata, Cercidiphyllum japonicum, Crytomeria japonica, Chamaecyparis, Pinus densiflora, Camellia japonica cvs., Clethra barbinervis, Prunus campanulata, Idesia polycarpa, Paeonia suffruticosa, Trachelospermum asiaticum, Lycoris albiflora, Kerria japonica, Taxus cuspidata, Laurus nobilis, Pieris japonica, Acer palmatus cvs, Cordyline australis, Metasequoia glyptostroboides, Michelia fuscata, Osmanthus fragrans var.aurantiacus, Semiarundinaria camaldulensis, Phellodendron amurense, Sophora japonica, Loropetalum chinense, Juglans sieboldiana, Rhododendron tashiroi, etc. No. of taxa: 1,000 Rare & Endangered plants: Yes, including Franklinia alatamaha. Special Conservation Collections: Machilus thunbergii (400 years old).

Location: KUMAGE-GUN Founded: 1954 Garden Name: Tanegashima Medicinal Plant Research Station Address: National Institute of Hygienic Sciences, Kagosima-ken, Kumage-gun, Nakatane-mati, Noma 17019, 891-36 Status: State Herbarium: Yes Approx. no.of herbarium specimens: Unknown Ex situ Collections: Mainly subtropical. Medicinal plants. No. of taxa: 601 Rare & Endangered plants: Unknown

Location: Founded: 1953 Garden Name: The Nippon Shinyaku Institute for Botanical Address: Research, Sakanotsuji-cho 39, Oyake, Yamashina-ku, KYOTO 607. Status: Educational Establishment Herbarium: Yes Approx. no. of herbarium specimens: 3,000 Ex situ Collections: Economic plants, especially Artemisia, Matricaria, Anthemis, Ephedra. No. of taxa: 2,000 Rare & Endangered plants: Unknown

Location: KYOTO Founded: 1924 Garden Name: The Kyoto Botanical Garden Address: Hangi -Cho, Shimogamo, Sakyoku, KYOTO,606. Status: State Herbarium: Yes Approx. no. of herbarium specimens: 2,000 Ex situ Collections: Acanthaceae, Marantaceae, Bromeliaceae, Araceae, , Gramineae (Bambusaceae), Gesneriaceae. No. of taxa: 5,500 Rare & Endangered plants:Bamboos

Location: KYOTO Founded: 1933 Garden Name: Kyoto Takeda Herbal Garden Address: Ichijoji, Sakyo-ku, KYOTO 606. Status: Herbarium: Yes Approx. no. of herbarium specimens: 30,000 Ex situ Collections: Medicinal plants. No. of taxa: 3,000 Rare & Endangered plants: Unknown Special Conservation Collections: Medicinal plants.

Location: MASAKI Founded: Unknown Garden Name: Kubota Palm Garden Address: MASAKI-CHO, lyo-gun, Ehime-ken. Status: Unknown. Herbarium: No. Ex situ Collections: Palms. No. of taxa: Unknown Rare & Endangered plants: Unknown

Location: MINAMIIZU Founded: Unknown Garden Name: Izu Experimental Station of Medicinal Plants Address: Nat. Inst. Hygienic Sciences, 155 Shimokamo, MINAMIIZU, Komo-gun, Shizuaka-Ken. Status: Unknown Herbarium: No Ex situ Collections: Medicinal plants. No. of taxa: Unknown Rare & Endangered plants: Unknown

Location: MIYAJIMA Founded: 1964 Garden Name: The Miyajima Natural Botanical Garden Address: Murohama, MIYAJIMA ISLAND, Miyajima-cho, Saiki-gun, Hiroshima, Pref. 739-05. Status: State Herbarium: Yes Approx. no. of herbarium specimens: 50,000 Ex situ Collections: Subtropical species, halophytes. No. of taxa: 439 Rare & Endangered plants: Unknown

Location: NAGOYA Founded: Unknown Garden Name: Higashiyama Botanical Garden Address: 3 - 70 Higashiyamamoto - Machi, Chikusa - Ku, NAGOYA. Status: Municipal Herbarium : No. Ex situ Collections: Papaver, Glycyrrhiza, Gentiana, Rheum, Aconitum, native wild flora. No. of taxa: 330 Rare & Endangered plants: Adansonia digitata, Norantea guinensis.

Location: NARAMOTO Founded: 1958 Garden Name: Atagawa Tropical & Alligator Garden Address: 971-9 Naramoto Higashiizu-machi Kamo-gun, . 413-03. Status: Unknown Herbarium: No Ex situ Collections: Orchid species. No. of taxa: Unknown Rare & Endangered plants:CITES listed species.

Location: NAYORO Founded: 1964 Garden Name: Experimental Station of Medicinal Plants Address: National Institute of Hygienic Sciences, 108 Ohashi, NAYORO, Hokkaido, 096 Japan. Status: State Herbarium: Yes Approx. no.of herbarium specimens: Unknown Ex situ Collections: Paeonia, Gentiana, Rheum, medicinal plants. No. of taxa: 286 Rare & Endangered plants: Unknown Special Conservation Collections: 6 families, 7 genera, 8 species.

Location: NIGAWA Founded: Unknown Garden Name: Awaji Farm Park Address: Awaji Island, NIGAWA.Status: Unknown Herbarium: No Ex situ Collections: No information available. No. of taxa: Unknown Rare & Endangered plants: Unknown

Location: NIKKO Founded: 1911 Garden Name: Nikko Botanical Gardens Address: Faculty of Science, University of Tokyo, 1842 Hanaishicho, NIKKO, Tochigi Pref., 321-14. Status: University Herbarium: Yes Approx. no. of herbarium specimens: 12,000 Ex situ Collections: Temperate and alpine plants of Japan and the adjacent regions, especially wild species of Prunus, Acer, Rhododendron and others. No. of taxa: 2,500 Rare & Endangered plants: Unknown Special Conservation Collections: Temperate species in Japan.

Location: OITA Founded: Unknown Garden Name: Kanko Address: Oita City Hall, OITA CITY. Status: Municipal Herbarium: No. Ex situ Collections: Trees of economic importance. No. of taxa: 630 Rare & Endangered plants: Unknown

Location: OKAYAMA Founded: Unknown Garden Name: Handayama Botanical Garden Address: 2-1319 Kitagata, OKAYAMA-SHI. Status: Unknown. Herbarium: No. Ex situ Collections: Camellia, Acer. No. of taxa: 3,200 Rare & Endangered plants: Unknown

Location: OKAYAMA Founded: 1953 Garden Name: The Handayama Botanical Garden Address: Hokaiin 3-1, Okayama City, Okayama Prefecture. Status: Municipal Herbarium: No. Ex situ Collections: No information available. No. of taxa: Unknown Rare & Endangered plants: Unknown

Location: OKINAWA Founded: 1968 Garden Name: South East Botanical Gardens Address: 2146 Chibana, Okinawa. Status: Unknown Herbarium: Yes Approx. no.of herbarium specimens: Unknown Ex situ Collections: Trees, shrubs and herbaceous perennials. Aquatics, palms, tropical ornamentals. Himeyuri Park (International Cactus Kingdom), an associated garden at 1300 Maehira, Itoman City, contains over 450 taxa of cacti and succulents (1,000,000 individual plants) including large specimens of the Saguaro), palms (450 taxa). No. of taxa: Unknown Rare & Endangered plants: Unknown

Location: OSAKA Founded: 1929 Garden Name: Kosobe Conservatory Address: Kosobe, Takatsuki, OSAKA, 569. Status: University Herbarium: Yes Approx. no. of herbarium specimens: 2,000 Ex situ Collections: Orchids, Begonia, Nepenthes, Melastomataceae. No. of taxa: 3,000 Rare & Endangered plants: Unknown Special Conservation Collections: Unknown

Location: OSAKA Founded: 1974 Garden Name: Medicinal Plant Garden Address: Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Osaka University, 1-6 Yamada-oka Suita, OSAKA 565. Status: University Herbarium: No Ex situ Collections: Medicinal plants. No. of taxa: 1,200 Rare & Endangered plants: Unknown

Location: OSAKA Founded: Unknown Garden Name: Kisaichi Botanical Gardens Address: Faculty of Science, Osaka City University, Kisaichi, Katano-city, Kitakawachi-gun, OSAKA 576. Status: University Herbarium: No Ex situ Collections: Hibiscus, Hemerocallis, and wild trees of Japan, Acer, Alnus, Camellia, Cinnamomum, Ilex, Lagerstroemia, Quercus, Rhus, Trapa, Rhamnus, Vaccinium, Zanthoxylum. No. of taxa: +150 Rare & Endangered plants: Unknown

Location: OSAKA Founded: 1929 Garden Name: Kosobe Conservatory. Address: Kosobe, Takatsuki, OSAKA, 569. Status: University Herbarium: Yes Approx. no. of herbarium specimens: 2,000 Ex situ Collections: Orchids, Begonia, Nepenthes, Melastomataceae. No. of taxa: 3,000 Rare & Endangered plants: Unknown Special Conservation Collections: Unknown

Location: SAPPORO Founded: 1886 Garden Name: The Botanic Garden Address: Faculty of Agriculture, Hokkaido University, N-3, W -8, Chuo-Ku, SAPPORO 060. Status: University Herbarium: Yes Approx. no. of herbarium specimens: 40,000 Ex situ Collections: Alpine plants including Primula, Anemone, Viola, Saxifraga, Gentiana, Sedum and Aconitum. Northern Japanese species. Temperate trees and shrubs such as Ulmus davidiana var. japonica, Acer, Phellodendron, Quercus, conifers, (Pinus, Picea and Abies), Salix, Forsythia, Daphne, Magnolia, Rhododendron, Prunus, Malus, Viburnum, Spiraea, Aesculus, Syringa, Tilia, Pseudocamellia, Hydrangea. Greenhouse collections of decorative foliage plants, Pelargonium (7 spp.), gloxinias, Fuchsia, Begonia (45 spp.), Cyclamen, some aquatics, Peperomia (11 spp.), Ficus (8 spp., 11 taxa), Nepenthes (2 spp., 4 hybrids), Drosera (7 spp.), Cactaceae, Crassulaceae, Euphorbiaceae, Gesneriaceae, Lentibulariaceae, Asclepiadaceae, Acanthaceae, Rubiaceae, Palmae, Araceae, Bromeliaceae, (53 taxa), Liliaceae (Aloe, Dracaena), Amaryllidaceae (Agave, Clivia), Marantaceae, Orchidaceae (132 taxa, mainly spp.). Bulbs and herbaceous perennials including Adonis, Fritillaria, Veronica, Adenophora, Chrysanthemum, Campanula, Eupatorium , Trillium. No. of taxa: 4,000 Rare & Endangered plants: Unknown Special Conservation Collections: Trillium, Primula, Aconitum. Ethnobotanical collection.

Location: SENDAI Founded: 1958 Garden Name: Botanical Garden Address: Tohoku University, Kawauchi, SENDAI, 980. Status: University Herbarium: Yes Approx. no. of herbarium specimens: 132,000 Ex situ Collections: Salicaceae. No. of taxa: 1,000 Rare & Endangered plants: Unknown

Location: SHIZUOKA-KEN Founded: 1955 Garden Name: Fuji Bamboo Garden Address: 885 Minami-Isshiki, -cho, Sunto-gun, SHIZUOKA-KEN, 411. Status: Unknown. Herbarium: Yes Approx. no. of herbarium specimens: 3,000 Ex situ Collections: 450 species and varieties of Bamboo. No. of taxa: 1,000 Rare & Endangered plants: Unknown

Location: TOKYO Founded: 1684 Garden Name: University of Tokyo Botanical Gardens Address: (Koishikawa), Hakusan 3-7-1, Bunyo-ku, Tokyo 112. Status: University Herbarium: Yes Approx. no. of herbarium specimens: 1,500,000 Ex situ Collections: Variety of east Asiatic wild plants, Rhododendron, Camellia., Japanese primulas, cherries and forms of cultivated Prunus. Cupressaceae (Chamaecyparis spp. and cvs.), Juniperus, Thuja, Ephedraceae (5 spp.), Pinaceae (Picea and Pinus, 22 spp.), Podocarpaceae, Taxaceae, Taxodiaceae, Agavaceae, Graminae, Liliaceae, Aceraceae (Acer, 18 spp.), Anacardiaceae, Aquifoliaceae (Ilex, 20 taxa), Araliaceae, Berberidaceae, Betulaceae, Bignoniaceae, Buddlejaceae, Buxaceae, Caprifoliaceae (Viburnum, 18 taxa), Celastraceae (Euonymus), Cercidiphyllaceae, Cornaceae, Elaegnaceae, Ericaceae (Rhododendron, +400 spp., hybrids and cvs, Vaccinium, 13 spp.), Euphorbiaceae, Fagaceae (Quercus, 18 spp.), Hamamelidaceae, Juglandaceae, Lardizabalaceae, Lauraceae, Leguminosae (Wisteria, 17 cvs), Lythraceae, Magnoliaceae (Magnolia, 20 taxa), Moraceae, Myrtaceae, Nyssaceae, Oleaceae, Pittosporaceae, Punicaceae (Punica, 3 cvs), Rhamnaceae, Rosaceae (Prunus, c150 spp. and cvs), Rosa, Spiraea), Rubiaceae, Rutaceae, Salicaceae, Sapindaceae, Saxifragaceae (Hydrange a, 30 taxa), Scrophulariaceae, Styracaceae, Theaceae (Camellia, +220 spp. and cvs), Thymelaeaceae (Daphne), Tiliaceae (Tilia, 10 taxa), Ulmaceae (Ulmus, Celtis, Zelkova), Verbenaceae, Vitaceae. Pteridophytes, including 353 taxa, such as Adiantaceae, Aspleniaceae (Asplenium, 24 spp.), Athyriaceae (Diplazium, 30 taxa), Blechnaceae, Cyathaceae (Cyathea, 5 spp.), Dryopteridaceae (Arachniodes, 11 spp., Cyrtomium, 11 taxa, Dryopteris, 45 taxa), Hymenophyllaceae, Lomariopsidaceae, Ophioglossaceae, Osmundaceae, Polypodiaceae and Pteridaceae (Pteris, 22 taxa). No. of taxa: 4,000 Rare & Endangered plants: Native plants Special Conservation Collections: Endemic and .

Location: TOKYO Founded: 1957 Garden Name: Tokyo Metropolitan Jindai Botanical Garden Address: 5-31-10 Jindaiji-Motomachi, Chofu-Shi, TOKYO. Status: Municipal Herbarium: Yes Approx. no. of herbarium specimens: 2,000 Ex situ Collections: Native plants, Camellia, Iris, Paeonia, Prunus (1,100 cherry trees), Rhododendron, tropical greenhouse plants (650 spp.) including Begonia and waterlilies, azaleas (12,000 accessions of 300 taxa), plums (280 accessions of 110 taxa), Quercus serrata, Dennstaedtia hirsuta, Stryax japonica, aquatics, Magnolia, Liriodendron, Abelia, Hamamelis, Patrinia scabiosaefolia, Hypericum, Chrysanthemum, Acer, Adonis, Tulipa, Corylopsis, Cornus. Rosa (6,000 accessions of 300 sp.). No. of taxa: 3,500 Rare & Endangered plants: Telosma cordata. Special Conservation Collections: Primula sieboldi cvs.

Location: TOKYO Founded: 1871 Garden Name: National Garden Gyoen Address: Naito-cho, 11 Shinjuku, TOKYO. Status: State Herbarium: No Ex situ Collections: Cherry trees, chrysanthemums, orchids. No. of taxa: Unknown Rare & Endangered plants: Unknown

Location: TOKYO Founded: 1945 Garden Name: Tokyo Metropolitan Medicinal Plants Garden Address: 72 Nakajima - cho, Kodaira - shi, TOKYO 187. Status: Municipal Herbarium: Yes Approx. no. of herbarium specimens: 5,000 Ex situ Collections: Medicinal plants, Papaver, Aconitum. No. of taxa: Unknown Rare & Endangered plants: Unknown

Location: TOKYO Founded: 1988 Garden Name: Yumenoshima Tropical Plant Dome Address: Tokyo Metropolitan Park Association, Yumenosima 3-2, Koto-ku TOKYO 136 Status: Municipal Herbarium: Unknown Ex situ Collections: Tropical plants. palms, tropical ornamentals, orchids, aquatics, plants of the , , Hevea brasiliensis, Samanea saman, Barringtonia racemosa, Satakentia liukiuensis, Cyathea lepifera, C. mertensiana, C. spinulosa, Dicksonia antarctica, Angiopteris lygodiifolia, Pteris cretia, Lycopodium remoganense, Platycerium bifurcatum, Neottopteris nidus, Victoria cruziana, Cyperus papyrus, Artocarpus heterophyllus, Nicolaia elatior, Dillenia borneensis, Durio zibethinus, Musa paradisiana, M. acuminata, M. chiliocarpa, Heliconia rostrata, Ravenala madagascariensis, Crinum gigas, Strelitzia augusta. No. of taxa: 816 Rare & Endangered plants: Threatened plants of the Bonin/Ogasawara Islands such as , chinensis, savoryanum, Meterosideros boninensis, Chima mertensiana, Melastoma tetramerum, Wikstroma tetramerum, Ochrosia nakaiyana, Tarenna subsessilus, Elaegnus rotundata, Hibiscus glaber, Celtis boninensis, Machilus kobu. Location: TOKYO Founded: Unknown Garden Name: Botanical Laboratories Address: School of Medicine, Teikyo University, 359 Otsuka, Hachioji City, TOKYO 192 - 03. Status: University. Herbarium: No. Ex situ Collections: Medicinal plants. No. of taxa: Unknown Rare & Endangered plants: Unknown

Location: TSUKUBA Founded: 1980 Garden Name: Medicinal Plants Research Station Address: National Institute of Hygeinic Sciences, 1 Hachimandi, TSUKUBA CITY, 305. Status: State Herbarium: Yes Approx. no. of herbarium specimens: 3,000 Ex situ Collections: Ephedra, medicinal plants. No. of taxa: Unknown Rare & Endangered plants: Unknown

Location: YOKOHAMA Founded: 1979 Garden Name: Yokohama Municipal Children's Botanical Garden Address: 3-122 Mutsukawa, Minami-ku, Yokohama-Chi, Kanagawa-ken. Status: Municipal Herbarium: Yes Approx. no. of herbarium specimens: 120,000 Ex situ Collections: Succulent plants. No. of taxa: Unknown Rare & Endangered plants: Unknown