Plant Collections

Bromeliad time lapse (notice the pollinators, in this case ants collecting nectar)

The plant collection is organised by the Cronquist classification system (1988). This means the garden can be used as a teaching resource for botany students as well as a recreational space for the wider community.

From left: Asteridae (first two), and Lillidae collections.

As an indication of the relative sizes of the subclasses, Reveal gives the following numbers:

Subclass	Orders	Families	Species
Asteridae	11	49	60,000 (23,000 in Asteraceae)
Caryophyllidae	3	24	11,000
Dilleniidae	13	77	25,000
Rosidae	18	116	>60,000
Magnoliidae	8	39	12,000
Hamamelididae	11	27	3,400
Alismatidae	4	16	500
Arecidae	4	5	5,600
Commelinidae	7	16	15,000 (8,000 in Poceae)
Liliidae	2	19	25,000
Zingiberidae	2	9	3,800

From left: lichens, garden rainforest, Caryophillidae collections.

From left: Asteridae, Cycads, and Lillidae collections.

Reference: http://www.plantsystematics.org/reveal/pbio/pb450/intr.html