Japan
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: YesApprox. 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 Agriculture, University of Tokyo, 1051 Hatamachi, CHIBA-CITY.
Status: University
Herbarium: YesApprox. 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 Botanical Garden
Address: 1-1 Ozasa 5 Chome, Chuo-ku, Fukuoka City.
Status: Municipal
Herbarium: YesApprox. 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: YesApprox. 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: HAMAMATSU
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: YesApprox. no. of herbarium specimens: 6,000
Ex situ Collections:
Orchids, begonias, Gesneriaceae.
No. of taxa: 10,000
Rare & Endangered plants: Unknown
Special Conservation Collections: 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: Tsukuba Botanical Garden
Address: National Science Museum, Amakubo 4-1-1, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305.
Status: State
Herbarium: YesApprox. no.of herbarium specimens: Unknown
Ex situ Collections:
Vascular plants of central Japan, east Asian ferns, 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 Minamiizu-Machi, KAMO-GUN, Shizuoka-Prefecture.
Status: Unknown
Herbarium: YesApprox. 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: YesApprox. 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 & Endangered 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: YesApprox. no. of herbarium specimens: 10,000
Ex situ Collections:
Native and exotic trees and shrubs, conifers. Trees from the Japanese Archipelago, Asia, North America, Europe and Australasia. 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: YesApprox. 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: YesApprox. 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: YesApprox. no.of herbarium specimens: Unknown
Ex situ Collections:
Mainly subtropical. Medicinal plants.
No. of taxa: 601
Rare & Endangered plants: Unknown
Location: KYOTO
Founded: 1953
Garden Name: The Nippon Shinyaku Institute for Botanical
Address: Research, Sakanotsuji-cho 39, Oyake, Yamashina-ku, KYOTO 607.
Status: Educational Establishment
Herbarium: YesApprox. 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: YesApprox. no. of herbarium specimens: 2,000
Ex situ Collections:
Acanthaceae, Marantaceae, Bromeliaceae, Araceae, Orchidaceae, 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: YesApprox. 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: YesApprox. 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, Shizuoka Prefecture. 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: Hokkaido Experimental Station of Medicinal Plants
Address: National Institute of Hygienic Sciences, 108 Ohashi, NAYORO, Hokkaido, 096 Japan.
Status: State
Herbarium: YesApprox. 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: YesApprox. 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: YesApprox. 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: YesApprox. 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: YesApprox. 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: YesApprox. 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: YesApprox. 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, Nagaizumi-cho, Sunto-gun, SHIZUOKA-KEN, 411.
Status: Unknown.
Herbarium: YesApprox. 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: YesApprox. 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 (Hydrangea, 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 endangered species.
Location: TOKYO
Founded: 1957
Garden Name: Tokyo Metropolitan Jindai Botanical Garden
Address: 5-31-10 Jindaiji-Motomachi, Chofu-Shi, TOKYO.
Status: Municipal
Herbarium: YesApprox. 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 Shinjuku 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: YesApprox. no. of herbarium specimens: 5,000
Ex situ Collections:
Medicinal plants, Papaver, Aconitum.