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NameThe Huntington
Subunit nameBotanical Gardens
Acronym(s)HNT
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Street1151 Oxford Rd.
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Postal code91108
CitySan Marino
State/regionCalifornia
CountryUnited States
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Web site URLhttps://huntington.org/
Description
DescriptionThe Huntington Botanical Gardens living collections comprise over 29,000 taxa representing some 16,000 species. This diverse collection is cultivated in twenty-one named gardens across 160 acres of public space, which also include art museums and a research library. Examples of core botanical collections include Agavaceae, Araceae, Arecaceae, Cactaceae, Camellia, Cycadales, Euphorbiaceae, Magnolia, Orchidaceae, and Rosa, among others.

Research programs at the Gardens include molecular systematics and conservation genetics and a tissue culture/cryopreservation program.

The Huntington Botanical Gardens Herbarium (HNT) contains over 10,000 specimens of vascular plants from around the world, with particular emphasis on plants from Mexico, Central America and South America. Important collections include those of F. Boutin, J. P. Folsom, D. R. Hodel, D. de Laubenfels, M. Kimnach and R. Moran. Plant families well-represented include Arecaceae, Cactaceae, Crassulaceae, Euphorbiaceae, and desert plants worldwide.

Our tissue and DNA banks are a growing representation of our living collections as well as material from collecting expeditions and research-based field work.
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Botanic garden, Herbarium, Library, Museum
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