Croatia
Total no. of Botanic Gardens recorded in Croatia: 14.
Approx. no. of living plant accessions recorded in these botanic gardens: c.20,000
Approx. no. of taxa in these collections: 10,000 to 12,000.
Estimated % of pre-CBD collections: 90%
Location: DUBROVNIK
Founded: 1960
Garden Name: Biological Institute Botanical Garden "Lokrum"
Address: P.O. Box 39, YU-50101 DUBROVNIK
Status: University
Herbarium: Yes Approx. no. of herbarium specimens: 1,500
Ex situ Collections:
The botanic garden was badly damaged by the war during the 1990s. However, its surviving collections
consist of the following: subtropical plants, Eucalyptus (100 spp.) and other Myrtaceae, Acacia,
Coniferae, succulents (200), Cactaceae, Agave, Aloe, native plants.
No. of taxa: 500
Rare & Endangered plants: Unknown
Special Conservation Collections: Endemic plants of Dalmatia
Location: DUBROVNIK
Founded: c1490s to 1500.
Garden Name: Arboretum 'Trsteno'
Address: Biological Institute JAZU, DUBROVNIK
Status: State
Herbarium: No
Ex situ Collections:
Much damage in 1991, but many trees remain, such as some ancient and notale trees, eg. Platanus
orientalis, Magnolia grandiflora, Ginkgo biloba, Cycas revoluta, Abies cephalonica, Cedrus atlantica,
C. libani, Caesalpinia gilliessii, Lagerstromia indica, Campsis radicans, Musa spp., Acacia dealbata,
Photinia serrulata, Casuarina equisetifolia and several palms.
No. of taxa: +100
Rare & Endangered plants: Several, including Abies pinsapo.
Location: KARLOVAC
Founded: 1896
Garden Name: Vrbanicev Perivoj
Address: Dendro-Botanic Gardens, KARLOVAC
Status: Municipal
Herbarium: No
Ex situ Collections:
Trees and shrubs.
No. of taxa: +66
Rare & Endangered plants: Moor plants, ferns.
Special Conservation Collections: Moor plants, ferns
Location: KASTEL LUKSIC
Founded: 1976
Garden Name: The School Botanic Garden
Address: The Prymary School "Vjeko Butir", 58215 KASTEL LUKSIC
Status: Educational Establishment
Herbarium: No
Ex situ Collections:
Mediterranean native plants, marsh plants, medicinal plants, tropical and sub-tropical plants, trees and
shrubs including Acacia and Eucalyptus.
No. of taxa: 800 (representing 122 families)
Rare & Endangered plants: None.
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The Biokovo Botanical Garden, KOTISINA was established in 1984 associated with Biokovo
Nature Park. It contains over 300 taxa.
Location: KRASNO POLJE
Founded: 1967
Garden Name: Velebit Botanic Garden
Address: Sumarija Krasno, 51274 KRASNO POLJE, Hrvatska
Status: State
Herbarium: Yes Approx. no. of herbarium specimens: Unknown
Ex situ Collections:
Sub-alpine plants of the Velebit massif., such as Degenia velebitica, Sibiraea croatica, Saxifraga
velebitica, Leontopodium alpinum var. krassense, Dianthus bebius, Seseli malyi, Aubretia croatia,
Arabia croatia, Edrianthus croaticus, Campanula waldsteiniana and C. fenestrellata.
No. of taxa: 450
Rare & Endangered plants: Yes, threatened local plants.
Location: SPLIT
Founded: Unknown
Garden Name: Botanical Garden
Address: Filozofskog Fakulteta, Teslina 12, SPLIT
Status: University
Herbarium: No
Ex situ Collections:
No information available
No. of taxa: Unknown
Rare & Endangered plants: Unknown
Location: VARAZDIN
Founded: 18th century
Garden Name: Arboretum “Opeka”
Address: Vinica, near VARAZDIN
Status: Unknown.
Herbarium: No
Ex situ Collections:
Conifers and deciduous trees and shrubs.
No. of taxa: +600
Rare & Endangered plants: Unknown
Location: VOCIN
Founded: 1963
Garden Name: Arboretum Lisičine
Address: 54522 VOCIN.
Status: State.
Herbarium: No
Ex situ Collections:
Native and exotic trees and shrubs,ornamentals:Abies (35 taxa), Calocedrus, Cedrus (3 taxa),
Cephalotaxus, Chamaecyparis (3 taxa) (C. lawsoniana 52 varieties), Cryptomeria (6 cvs), Ginkgo,
Juniperus (10 spp., 52 cvs), Larix (6 spp., 12 cvs), Metasequoia, Picea (24 spp., 53 taxa), Pinus (29
spp., 44 taxa), Pseudolarix, Pseudotsuga (2 spp.), Sciadopitys, Taxodium (2 spp.), Taxus (4 spp., 30
taxa), Thuja (5 spp., 35 taxa), Acanthopanax, Acer (17 spp., 42 taxa), Aesculus (7 taxa), Ailanthus,
Alnus (5 spp., 9 taxa), Amorpha, Andrachne, Aralia, Cotoneaster (18 spp., 36 taxa), Crataegus, Cytisus,
Daphne, Davidia, Deutzia, Diospyros, Elaeagnus, Enkianthus, Erica, Escallonia, Euonymus,
Exochorda, Fagus (4 spp., 11 taxa), Forsythia, Fraxinus (4 spp.), Fuchsia, Gleditsia, Hamamelis, Hebe,
Hedera, Hibiscus, Hippophae, Hydrangea, Hypericum (6 spp.), Ilex, Jasminum, Juglans (4 spp.),
Kalmia, Kerria, Koelreuteria, Kolkwitzia, Laburnum, Lespedeza, Leucothoe, Ligustrum (5 taxa),
Liquidambar, Liriodendron, Lonicera (18 taxa), Maclura, Magnolia (10 spp., 14 taxa), X Mahoberberis,
Mahonia, Malus, Morus, Nothofagus, Ostrya, Pachistigma, Pachysandra, Paliurus, Parrotia, Paulownia,
Periploca, Pernetta, Phellodendron, Philadelphus, Physocarpus, Pieris, Platanus, Populus, Potentilla (11
taxa), Prunus (18 spp., 40 taxa), Pyrus, Quercus (14 spp.), Rhamnus, Rhododendron (43 taxa),
Rhodotypos, Rhus, Robinia, Rosa (10 spp.), Rubus, Ruscus, Salix (5 spp.), Sambucus, Sarcococca,
Skimia, Sorbaria, Sorbus (7 spp.), Spiraea (19 taxa), Staphylea, Stephandra, Stranvaesia,
Symphoricarpos, Syringa (4 spp., 8 taxa), Tamarix, Tilia (5 spp.), Ulmus (4 spp.), Vaccinium,
Viburnum (20 taxa), Vinca, Weigelia and Zelkova.
No. of taxa: 1,500
Rare & Endangered plants: Yes, some threatened trees and shrubs.
Location: ZAGREB
Founded: 1889
Garden Name: Botanicki vrt
Address: Marulicev trg 9a, 10000 ZAGREB.
Status: University
Herbarium: No
Ex situ Collections:
Native flora. Mediterranean plants, plants of karst ecology, mountain and alpine plants, aquatics, trees
and shrubs, conifers, cacti and other succulents, herbaceous plants (884 taxa).
No. of taxa: 10,000
Rare & Endangered plants: Unknown
Location: ZAGREB
Founded: 1889
Garden Name: Institutum "Rudjer Boscovic" Arboretum
Address: CIM, Oecologia litoralis et Herbarium Adriaticum, Bijenicka street 54, 41001 ZAGREB.
Status: University
Herbarium: Yes Approx. no. of herbarium specimens: 15,000 (including special herbarium collections
of endemics of Adriatic islands, Dinari)
Ex situ Collections:
Insular and coastal endemics of the territory of the former Yugoslavia, arboretum, succulents.
No. of taxa: 117
Rare & Endangered plants: Some rare and endangered from the former Yugoslavia.
Location: ZAGREB
Founded: Unknown
Garden Name: Insular Karst Garten and Flora Exsicata Adriatica
Address: Buliceva 8-v, 41000 ZAGREB.
Status: University
Herbarium: No
Ex situ Collections:
Native plants
No. of taxa: Unknown
Rare & Endangered plants: Unknown
Location: ZAGREB
Founded: 1922
Garden Name: Sumsei vrt i Arboretum
Address: Sumarskog Facultete u Zagreb, Simunska 25, 41000 ZAGREB.
Status: University
Herbarium: No
Ex situ Collections:
No information available
No. of taxa: Unknown
Rare & Endangered plants: Unknown
Location: ZAGREB
Founded: 1947
Garden Name: Botanical Garden of Medicinal Plants
Address: Faculty of Pharmacy & Biochemistry, ZAGREB.
Status: University
Herbarium: No
Ex situ Collections:
Native plants, medicinal plants, rock plants, trees, shrubs and herbaceous plants.
No. of taxa: 3,000 taxa.
Rare & Endangered plants: Unknown