Unellez Botanical Garden

The Unellez Botanical Garden (Jardín Botánico de la Unellez) Is a botanical garden and a zoo of 14 ha of extension, located inside the facilities of the National Experimental University of the Llanos Ezequiel Zamora in Barinas, Venezuela. It is a member of the BGCI, being its international identification code as a botanical institution as well as s It is located to the northwest of the city of Barinas, at the foot of the Mountain range of the $ andes; To a height of 200 msnm and presenting an average annual temperature of 28 °C.

It was created in 1979, This garden also includes a zoo with an area of 14 hectares of which 4 ha correspond to a lagoon

The collections of plants of the botanical garden, are grouped like:


 * Arboretum (34 spp.)
 * Plants of economic interest (50 spp.)
 * Plants of medicinal interest
 * Fodder plants
 * Palmetum (13 spp.)
 * Ornamental plants (100 spp.)
 * There is a germplasm bank with a mean conservation capacity that contains 84 accessions, representing 73 species (1994 figures).