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Botanical gardens and conservation in the Global South
Botanical gardens in the Global South are living-plant institutions in tropical and developing countries that conserve plant diversity through collections, seed banks, herbaria, research, and education.
Colonial botanical garden networks
Colonial botanical garden networks were systems of botanic gardens European empires ran across Asia, Africa, the Americas, and Oceania to move valuable crops like tea and rubber.
Dipterocarp Collection
Dipterocarp Collection: living ex situ collections of Dipterocarpaceae trees at FRIM (1929, 120 species), XTBG (1981, 34 species in 7 genera), Singapore's OCBC Arboretum, and Bogor, for research and conservation.
Peony Garden
A peony garden (牡丹園) is a specialized garden, within a botanical garden, park, or standalone site, devoted to displaying and conserving peonies, a plant known in China as the King of Flowers.
Royal Botanical Garden of Mexico
The Royal Botanical Garden of Mexico (Real Jardín Botánico de México) was a colonial scientific institution founded in Mexico City in 1788 to teach Linnaean botany.