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