Botanical Garden keeps several types of living collections: 1.Greenhouse collection, 2.Arboretum, 3.Alpine and ornamental flora, 4.Autochtonous flora.
Greenhouse collection is represented by species autochtonous to tropical and subtropical areas of the world. The largest collection is the collection of Cactii which contains specimens from…
Other important collections are from families: 90, genera: 2131. We possess also several collection of cultivars of different plants used as indoor plants in our region: Ficus, Dracaena, Monstera, Sansevieria, Marantha, Spatyphyllum, Fittonia.
Further interesting specimens in greenhouse collection: Tropical and subtropical decorative flora are species and cultivars in families Orchidaceae, Cycadaceae, Bromeliaceae, Arecaceae, Zamiaceae, Euphorbiaceae, Begoniaceae.
Arboretum grows woody plants autochtonous both to our region and other mild regions of the world. The most interesting specimens: Acer tataricum, Carpinus betulus, Colutea arborescens, Fraxinus ornus, Staphylea pinnata, Rhus typhina, Castanea sativa, Quercus castaneifolia, Quercus liban, Ginkgo biloba, Cedrus atlantica, C. deodara, Pinus banksiana, P. armandi, P. wallichiana, Zanthoxylum piperitum, Sequoiadendron giganteum.
Alpine and decorative flora are species and cultivars Adonis vernalis, Leontopodium alpinum, Lilium martagon, Arum alpinum, Beckmania eruciformis,sortiment Sedum, Sempervivum, Saxifraga, Primula, Dryas, Astilbe, Aquilegia, Helianthemum, Armeria, Nymphaea alba, N. candida, N. tetragona, Epipacris helleborine (L.)Crantz, Cephalanthera damasonium (Mill.) Druce, Cephalanthera rubra (L.) Rich, Platanthera bifolia (L.) Rich and other.
Autochtonous flora collection is aimed at:
- Cultivation of endangered and vulnerable plants of Carpathians and Pannonia and to build some reservoir of these plants in accordance with programme of BGCI
- Cultivation of plants for research purposes. These collections are bound to current or recent (sometime also ancient) research projects solved by researchers working in the Botanical Garden. For research purposes we also cultivate plants in connection with Diploma theses and PhD. studies of students from the Institute of Biological and Ecological Sciences, Faculty of Science.
- A part of autochtonous flora collection is aimed also for plantation in expositions of autochtonous flora in the Botanical Garden.
A survey of taxa cultivated in Botanical Garden of P. J. Šafárik University can be found in: Mártonfiová L. (ed.) 2015: Catalogue of Plant Collections of the Botanical Garden of P.J. Šafárik University. Equilibria s.r.o., Košice, No. 6, 116pp
http://www.upjs.sk/public/media/1373/catalogue-of-plant-collections-2015.
