Vácrátót Botanical Garden

Coordinates: 47°42′26″N 19°14′04″E / 47.70722°N 19.23444°E / 47.70722; 19.23444
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Vácrátót Botanical Garden
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TypeBotanical
LocationVácrátót, Hungary
Coordinates47°42′26″N 19°14′04″E / 47.70722°N 19.23444°E / 47.70722; 19.23444
Area27 ha (67 acres)
Openedend of 18th century (end of 18th century)
Species> 13,000
Websitewww.botkert.hu

Vácrátót Botanical Garden (Hungarian: Vácrátóti botanikus kert) is a botanical garden in Hungary maintained by the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. It is located in Vácrátót, some 30 kilometers north of Budapest.[1] The institution is participating in a QRpedia project with Wikimedia Hungary, linking selected plants to their Wikipedia articles.

In the rock garden collection flowers from all six phytochoria and from 25 high altitude mountain ranges of the world can be seen.

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Nemzeti Botanikus Kert, Vácrátót". Retrieved 2014-05-14.