Unellez Botanical Garden

Unellez Botanical Garden
Jardín Botánico de la Unellez
Type	Botanical garden
Location	Barinas,  Venezuela
Coordinates	8°38′07″N 70°14′57″W
Area	14 hectares
Opened	1979 (1979)
Operated by	Fundación Jardín Botánico Unellez
Website	jardinbotanico.unellez.edu.ve

The Unellez Botanical Garden^[1] (Spanish: Jardín Botánico de la Unellez) Is a botanical garden and a zoo^[2] of 14 ha of extension, located inside the facilities of the National Experimental University of the Llanos Ezequiel Zamora^[3] in Barinas, Venezuela.^[4] It is a member of the BGCI, being its international identification code as a botanical institution as well as s It is located to the northwest of the city of Barinas, at the foot of the Mountain range of the $ andes; To a height of 200 msnm and presenting an average annual temperature of 28 °C.

It was created in 1979, This garden also includes a zoo with an area of 14 hectares of which 4 ha correspond to a lagoon

The collections of plants of the botanical garden, are grouped like:

• Arboretum (34 spp.)
• Plants of economic interest (50 spp.)
• Plants of medicinal interest
• Fodder plants
• Palmetum (13 spp.)
• Ornamental plants (100 spp.)
• There is a germplasm bank with a mean conservation capacity that contains 84 accessions, representing 73 species (1994 figures).

See also

• Naguanagua Botanical Garden
• Caracas Botanical Garden

References

1. Jardín Botánico de la UNELLEZ
2. Bell, Catharine E. (2017-03-21). Encyclopedia of the World's Zoos. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 9781579581749.
3. Memorias. IV. Congreso Interamericano sobre el medio ambiente. Tomo 1 (in Spanish). Equinoccio. 1998-01-01. ISBN 9789802371785.
4. Estado actual del conocimiento de la flora en Venezuela (in Spanish). Ministerio del Ambiente y de los Recursos Naturales Renovables. 1998-01-01. ISBN 9789800411636.