BOTANIC GARDEN OF INDIAN REPUBLIC

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Name	BOTANIC GARDEN OF INDIAN REPUBLIC
Address	Botanical Survey of India, Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change Govt. of India, Capt. Viijyant Thapar Marg, Secto, Noida, UP 201303
Phone	+91-98687-75754
Email ID	[email protected]
Speciality	Herbarium, Arboretum, Seed Bank, Published Plant Catalogue, Computer Plant Record System, Open to The Public, Friends Society, Disabled Access, Plant Collections: Accession Number: 1590, Conservation, Medicinal Plant, Ex Situ Conservation and Reintroduction, Education & Conservation Programmes
About	Botanic Garden of Indian Republic (BGIR) was established by the Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change, Govt. of India primarily for ex-situ conservation of endemic & threatened plants. The total land area of the garden is 163.79 acres. At present, more than 10,500 individuals of about 900 plant species brought from 23 states of the country have been conserved in different sections/areas like Economic Plant, Green Belt/Woodland, Fruit, Medicinal Plant, Cactus & Succulents, Nurseries & Water bodies. The seeds of 269 plant species, including Geodorum appendiculate Griff. Endemic to Assam and Andaman are conserved in Seed Bank. In water bodies of the garden, the Victoria amazonica (Poepp.) J.C. Sowerby, Nelumbo nucifera Gaertn & 5 different Nymphaea L. Not only this, the congenital condition may have been developed by the plantation/enrichment with the flora of the country; naturally, so many faunas are also attracted, harbouring and multiplying.
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