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The plant is native to South America and was named in honor of Jose Celestino Mutis himself. Colombia's national plant and flower; the wax tree and the orchid respectively can also be found throughout the garden. The garden hosts over 5000 different species of orchids.
The protected areas of Colombia are grouped into the National System of Protected Areas. As of 2018, there are 59 nationally protected areas which cover about 169,545 km 2 (65,462 sq mi) and represent more than 14% of the country's area.
United States National Arboretum Herbarium United States National Arboretum: 800,000 NA District of Columbia: Washington: University of North Carolina Herbarium University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. North Carolina Botanical Garden. 750,000 NCU North Carolina: Chapel Hill: Oregon State University Herbarium Oregon State University: 700,000 OSC
United States National Arboretum Herbarium 800,000 NA ... University of British Columbia Herbarium 560,000 UBC Canada; ... South America. Name No. Specimens
Chiribiquete National Park – "The Maloca of the Jaguar" was added to the list in 2018 as Colombia's most recent inscription. [3] Qhapaq Ñan, Andean Road System, is a transnational site and is shared with five other countries. Colombia has a further 13 sites on its tentative list. The country has served on the World Heritage Committee three ...
The Pacific Region is located on Colombia's western, Pacific coast, and covers an area of 83,170 km 2 (32,110 sq mi). It extends from the Gulf of Urabá in the north to the border with Ecuador in the south, and includes part of the departments of Nariño, Cauca and Valle de Cauca, and the whole of Chocó Department.
The national flower of Colombia is the orchid Cattleya trianae which was named after the Colombian naturalist José Jerónimo Triana. The orchid was selected by botanist Emilio Robledo , in representation of the Colombian Academy of History to determine the most representative flowering plant of Colombia.
The Republic of Colombia is situated largely in the north-west of South America, with some territories falling within the boundaries of Central America.It is bordered to the north-west by Panama; to the east by Brazil and Venezuela; to the south by Ecuador and Peru; [1] and it shares maritime limits with Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Honduras, Jamaica, the Dominican Republic, and Haiti.