The New York Botanical Garden

Japanese: ニューヨーク植物園 - にゅーよーくしょくぶつえん(英語表記)The New York Botanical Garden
The New York Botanical Garden
Located in the Bronx in the north of New York City, it is a park area adjacent to the zoo. Opened in 1891, it occupies a vast area of ​​approximately 100 hectares, where 15,000 species of plants are cultivated, and the attached herbarium (plant specimen museum) houses approximately 4 million specimens. The main subject of research is New World plants, and it is also the base for editing the Neotropical Flora, but recently it has also been focusing on research into Asian plants. As it is a New York City public institution, the research staff has personnel and research exchanges with the City University of New York.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:
ニューヨーク市北部のブロンクスにあり,動物園と隣接した公園地域となっている。1891年の開設で,約100haに及ぶ広大な面積を占めており,1万5000種に及ぶ植物が栽培されているほか,付設のハーバリウム(植物標本館)には約400万点の標本が収蔵されている。新世界の植物がおもな研究対象であり,《新熱帯植物誌》の編集の拠点ともなっているが,最近ではアジアの植物の研究にも力を入れている。ニューヨーク市立であることから,研究スタッフはニューヨーク市立大学と人事・研究面での交流がある。

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