Jardín Botánico Canario Viera y Clavijo

botanical garden in Tafira Alta, Gran Canaria

English: The Jardín Botánico Canario Viera y Clavijo is the botanical garden on Gran Canaria, one of the Canary Islands, near Tafira Alta, approximately 7 kilometers southwest of the capital city Las Palmas. It is primarily dedicated to the plants endemic to the Canary Islands but also to the islands of Macaronesia, which includes Madeira, the Azores, and Cape Verde.

Español: El Jardín Botánico Canario Viera y Clavijo, se encuentra en Gran Canaria, Islas Canarias, está dedicado principalmente a las flores y plantas endémicas de las siete islas del archipiélago canario, incluyendo además especies de las islas que pertenecen a la zona llamada ‘Islas de la Macaronesia’, que comprende a las islas de Madeira, las Azores y Cabo Verde.

The garden

Entrance sign
The garden
The pine forest
Cacti and euphorbias seen from the pine forest
Visitors at the waterfall
Stone bridge
Aqueduct

Garden statues

José de Viera y Clavijo (1731-1813), for whom the garden is named
Erik Ragnar Svensson (1910-1973), the founder of the garden
Svensson

La Fuente de Los Sabios

The Scholars Fountain honors botanists who studied the flora of the Canaries.
Pierre Marie Auguste Broussonet (1761-1807)
Christen Smith (1785-1816)
Philip Barker Webb (1793-1854)
Sabin Berthelot (1794-1880)
Hermann Christ (1833-1933)
Carl August Bolle (1821-1909)
Ramón Masferrer (1850-1884)
Joseph Bornmüller (1862-1948)
Oscar Burchard (1863-1949)
Charles-Joseph Pitard (1873-1927)

Garden specimens endemic to the Canary Islands

(See also Flora of the Canary Islands)

Endemic flora of Fuerteventura

(See also "Endemic flora of Fuerteventura and Lanzarote" below)

Argyranthemum winteri
Asteriscus sericeus
Euphorbia handiensis

Endemic flora of La Gomera

Aeonium castello-paivae
Aeonium lindleyi subsp. viscatum
Aeonium canariense subsp. latifolium
Echium acanthocarpum
Euphorbia bravoana
Euphorbia bravoana
Euphorbia bravoana
Gonospermum gomerae
Limonium brassicifolium subsp. brassicifolium
Limonium dendroides
Limonium redivivum var. redivivum
Pimpinella junoniae
Sideritis gomeraea subsp. gomeraea
Sideritis spicata
Sonchus gonzalezpadronii

Endemic flora of Gran Canaria

Aeonium percarneum var. percarneum
Aeonium undulatum (1)
Aeonium undulatum (2)
Aeonium virgineum
Allagopappus viscosissimus
Argyranthemum adauctum subsp. canariensis
Argyranthemum frutescens subsp. canariae
Bencomia brachystachya
Cheirolophus arbutifolius
Cheirolophus falcisectus
Dendriopoterium menendezii var. menendezii
Dendriopoterium pulidoi
Dendriopoterium pulidoi
Descurainia artemisioides
Echium callithyrsum (1)
Echium callithyrsum (2)
Echium callithyrsum (3)
Echium decaisnei (1)
Echium decaisnei (2)
Echium onosmifolium
Erysimum albescens
Globularia ascanii
Globularia sacrophylla
Gonospermum ferulaceum
Gonospermum ptarmiciflorum
Isoplexis isabelliana
Lavandula canariensis subsp. canariae
Limonium preauxii
Limonium sventenii (1)
Limonium sventenii (2)
Lotus holosericus
Micromeria tenuis subsp. linkii
Parolinia glabriuscula (1)
Parolinia glabriuscula (2)
Parolinia ornata
Parolinia platypetala
Pericallis webbii
Ruta oreojasme
Silene tamaranae (1)
Silene tamaranae (2)
Sonchus brachylobus
Sonchus platylepis (1)
Sonchus platylepis (2)
Sonchus pendulus subsp. pendulus
Tanacetum ferulaceum var. latipinnum
Teline nervosa

Endemic flora of El Hierro

Aeonium hierrense
Aeonium valverdense
Bencomia sphaerocarpa
Bencomia sphaerocarpa
Echium hierrense
Sideritis ferrensis

Endemic flora of Lanzarote

(See also "Endemic flora of Fuerteventura and Lanzarote" below)

Helichrysum gossypinum
Helichrysum monogynum
Limonium puberulum
Polycarpaea nivea

Endemic flora of La Palma

Aeonium calderense
Aeonium nobile
Aeonium palmense
Argyranthemum haouarytheum
Ceropegia hians var. hians
Cheirolophus junonianus var. isoplexiphyllus
Gonospermum canariense
Sonchus palmensis

Endemic flora of Tenerife

(See also Flora of Tenerife)

Aeonium lindleyi
Aeonium mascaense
Argyranthemum coronopifolium
Argyranthemum foeniculaceum
Argyranthemum vincentii
Ceropegia dichotoma
Ceropegia dichotoma var. krainzii
Cheirolophus canariensis var. subexpinnata
Crambe arborea var. arborea
Dorycnium spectabile
Echium simplex
Echium virescens
Euphorbia atropurpurea
Euphorbia atropurpurea var. modesta
Gonospermum revolutum
Lavandula buchii
Limonium arborescens
Pterocephalus virens
Rhamnus integrifolia
Solanum vespertilio subsp. vespertilio (1)
Solanum vespertilio subsp. vespertilio (2)
Sonchus radicatus
Vieria laevigata

Endemic flora of multiple islands

Endemic flora of Fuerteventura and Lanzarote

Aeonium balsamiferum
Bupleurum handiense
Sideritis pumila

Garden specimens from Macaronesia

(See also Flora of Macaronesia)

Endemic flora of Madeira

(See also Flora of Madeira)

Aeonium glutinosum
Argyranthemum pinnatifidum subsp. succulentum
Artemisia argentea
Convolvulus massonii
Helichrysum obconicum
Ilex perado
Ocotea foetens
Plantago arborescens subsp. maderensis
Sinapidendron angustifolium
Sonchus ustulatus
Sonchus ustulatus subsp. maderensis

Garden specimens endemic to Madeira and the Canary Islands

Apollonias barbujana subsp. barbujana
Aeonium arboreum
Globularia salicina
Heberdenia excelsa
Hypericum grandifolium
Jasminum odoratissimum
Juniperus cedrus
Picconia excelsa
Plantago arborescens
Rhamnus glandulosa
Viola odorata var. maderensis
Visnea mocanera

Endemic flora of the Azores

(See also Flora of the Azores)

Azorina vidalii

Endemic flora of the Cape Verde islands

(See also Flora of Cape Verde)

Conyza varia
Erysimum caboverdeanum
Lotus jacobaeus

Garden specimens endemic to multiple areas of Macaronesia

Asparagus scoparius
Bupleurum salicifolium subsp. aciphyllum
Coronilla viminalis
Davallia canariensis
Dracaena draco (1)
Dracaena draco (2)
Erysimum bicolor
Euphorbia officinarum
Lantana camara
Juncus acutus
Morella faya (Myrica faya)
Persea indica
Tolpis succulenta
Woodwardia radicans

Garden specimens from elsewhere

The palmetum

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