National plant
A botanical plant is called a national plant, which a country has chosen as its national symbol. Like the national animal, the national plant has a cultural and historical connection to the country and grows in the vegetation zone in which the country is located. Usually flowers are chosen as an aesthetically pleasing plant species.
In some cases, the national plants are officially determined by the respective government. In most cases, certain plants are deeply rooted in the consciousness of the people of the respective country through a long historical tradition and extensive mythology. Landscapes are also seen as natural goods with their peculiarity as a symbol for a country, mostly in their cultural landscape characteristics.
Examples
- Ukraine has the sunflower as a national plant.
- Costa Rica chose Guarianthe skinneri as its national plant in 1939 .
- Austria regards gentian and edelweiss as national flowers .
- Germany regards the oak as a national tree ("German oak").
- In Chile, the Chilean araucaria is the national tree .
See also
- Wikipedia: List of national trees (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ National Plants . In: www.freundeskreis-bogos.de. Freundeskreis Botanischer Garten der Universität Osnabrück eV, accessed on January 17, 2017 .
- ↑ Janak Jani: Chile Handbook . Ed .: Footprint Travel Guides. 2009, ISBN 978-1-906098-78-0 , pp. 333 (English, limited preview in Google Book search).