摘要
中国科学院昆明植物研究所位于昆明北郊黑龙潭。这里风景秀丽,绿树成荫,生长着许许多多的珍稀植物,有名贵的杜鹃花、火红的山茶花、富丽的地涌金莲……来到这里,就仿佛置身于一个植物王国,让人心旷神怡。云南是中外植物学工作者和爱好者瞩目的地方。据统计,我国有高等植物近3万种,而这里的高等植物约1.5万种,约占全国总数的一半。这是因为该处地处北纬21°-29°,东经97°-106°之间,地形、气候复杂,兼有温带、亚热带和热带的特点,因而有利于各类植物生长和发育。该所建于1938年。建国以来,党和国家领导人十分关心昆明植物研究所的建设,周恩来、朱德、董必武、邓小平。
The Kunming Institute of Botany,Academia Sinica,is situated in Heilongtan,a beautiful scenic spot lined with green trees in a northern suburb of Kunming.The Institute has a reputation for its massive collec- tion of plants as well as for its botanical scientific research. Among the 672 staff in the Institute,there are 59 professors and as- sociate professors,150 associate researchers(lecturers),and 187 re- search assistants and technicians.The total area of the Institute is nearly 1000 hectares,and the floor area of the buildings is about 50000 square meters.The Institute has modern equipment such as Nuclear Magnetic Resonance(AM400),Gas Chromatography Mass Spectrometer,ultra- centrifugation System,Electronic Microscope,etc.The Institute's library holds more than 100000 Volumes of books and periodicals.
