平台概况
中国数字植物园（China Virtual Botanical Garden，简称CVBG）是由中国科学院植物研究所牵头建设的国家级植物园信息共享平台。平台整合全国164家植物园的数字化资源，实现植物园基础地理信息管理、植物数字化管理、植物生态环境分析、科学研究、业务管理、科普教育和旅游服务等信息系统的一体化整合。
平台建设背景
中国数字植物园项目旨在消除传统植物园信息化建设中的”信息孤岛”和”信息壁垒”现象，统一数字植物园技术平台，实现全国数字植物园联盟。平台制定了统一的植物管理信息规范和元数据标准，整合已有的信息和计算机网络资源，实现网络、硬件、数据库、信息、应用软件的共享，为各类业务管理和决策提供网络自动化环境。
资源整合规模
平台收录了包括国家植物园、西双版纳热带植物园、南京中山植物园、武汉植物园、昆明植物园、华南国家植物园、上海辰山植物园等在内的164家中国植物园信息，涵盖1,820个专类园、1,263个保护植物物种、38,000株定植植物和2,345,000幅植物图像。
核心成员介绍
国家植物园位于北京市海淀区，始建于1956年，2022年正式揭牌，总规划面积近600公顷，分南园、北园两个园区，现开放面积约300公顷，收集各类植物1.75万种，其中珍稀濒危植物近千种。
西双版纳热带植物园是中国科学院下属的综合性研究机构，1959年创建，全园占地面积约1,125公顷，收集活植物13,000多种，建有39个植物专类区，保存有约250公顷的原始热带雨林，是我国面积最大、收集物种最丰富、专类园区最多的植物园。
南京中山植物园前身为1929年创建的中央研究院自然历史博物馆和”总理陵园纪念植物园”，1954年重建并定名，现占地186公顷，坐落于南京钟山风景区内，是一座集科研、科普和游览于一体的综合性现代化植物园。
武汉植物园筹建于1956年，1958年正式成立，是我国三大核心科学植物园之一，收集保育植物资源13,000余种，建有世界上涵盖遗传资源最广的猕猴桃专类园等17个特色专类园。
上海辰山植物园位于上海松江区佘山国家旅游度假区内，占地207公顷，于2010年建成开放，是集科研、科普和观赏游览于一体的综合性植物园。
官方网站：https://www.cvbg.cn/
Overview
The China Virtual Botanical Garden (CVBG) is a national-level plant garden information sharing platform led by the Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences. The platform integrates digital resources from 164 botanical gardens across China, achieving integrated management of basic geographic information, plant digitization, ecological environment analysis, scientific research, business management, science education, and tourism services.
Platform Background
The China Virtual Botanical Garden project aims to eliminate “information islands” and “information barriers” in traditional botanical garden informatization, unify digital botanical garden technology platforms, and achieve a national digital botanical garden alliance. The platform has established unified plant management information specifications and metadata standards, integrated existing information and computer network resources, and provided network automation environments for various business management and decision-making.
Resource Integration Scale
The platform includes information from 164 Chinese botanical gardens, including the National Botanical Garden, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Nanjing Zhongshan Botanical Garden, Wuhan Botanical Garden, Kunming Botanical Garden, South China National Botanical Garden, and Shanghai Chenshan Botanical Garden, covering 1,820 specialized gardens, 1,263 protected plant species, 38,000 planted specimens, and 2,345,000 plant images.
Key Member Highlights
National Botanical Garden is located in Haidian District, Beijing, founded in 1956 and officially inaugurated in 2022. With a total planned area of nearly 600 hectares divided into South and North gardens, it currently has about 300 hectares open to the public, collecting 17,500 plant species including nearly 1,000 rare and endangered species.
Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden is a comprehensive research institution under the Chinese Academy of Sciences, founded in 1959. It occupies approximately 1,125 hectares, collecting more than 13,000 living plant species with 39 specialized garden areas and preserving approximately 250 hectares of primary tropical rainforest. It is China’s largest botanical garden in area, species richness, and number of specialized gardens.
Nanjing Zhongshan Botanical Garden traces its origins to the Central Research Academy’s Natural History Museum and the “Premier’s Mausoleum Memorial Botanical Garden” established in 1929. Reconstructed and renamed in 1954, it now occupies 186 hectares within the Purple Mountain Scenic Area in Nanjing, serving as a comprehensive modern botanical garden integrating scientific research, science popularization, and tourism.
Wuhan Botanical Garden was planned in 1956 and officially established in 1958, being one of China’s three core scientific botanical gardens. It preserves more than 13,000 plant species and houses 17 distinctive specialized gardens including the world’s most genetically diverse kiwi fruit collection.
Shanghai Chenshan Botanical Garden is located in the Sheshan National Tourist Resort in Songjiang District, Shanghai, covering 207 hectares and opened in 2010. It is a comprehensive botanical garden integrating scientific research, science popularization, and sightseeing.
Website: https://www.cvbg.cn/
