Academy of the specialized vegetable collections

The Conservatoire of the specialized vegetable collections (CCVS) is a French Association, created in 1992, which was given for mission of preserving plant species by the culture, so as to fight against the disappearance of many species and varieties of the national and world inheritance botanical and horticultural.

It grants, after evaluation, and payment of a contribution, its label with two types of collections:

national collection CCVS: collection of national interest which reaches a level of excellence, in particular by the whole of let us tax represented;
approved collection CCVS: collection which still deserves to grow rich or which must improve its management and guarantee its perenniality.

The CCVS publishes a quarterly review, Hommes and plants , which publishes in particular reports on the existing vegetable collections both in France and abroad. It also publishes a directory of the updated labellized collections each year. It also organizes botanical voyages. Its president is the ex-conservative of the Jardins of Luxembourg of the Senate, Jean-Christmas Burte.

The CCVS counts approximately 300 members. Its seat is located at Paris, 84 rue de Grenelle (7th district).

List national collections

Acacia : Seedbeds Gerard Cavatore, Bormes-the-Mimosas, Dep.83.
Acer palmatum and japonicum : Veined Michel, Autrey, Dep.88.
Sisal plant :

Town of Nice, Nice, Dep.06.
Garden of tropical birds, Londe, dep.83.

Alnus : Brigitte Fourier, Morbihan, Dep.56.
Aloe : MNHN, Dep.75.
Aracées tropical: Conservatory and botanical gardens of Nancy, Dep.54.
Artemisia : Laboratories Yves Rocher, Dep.56.
Astilbe : Town hall of Paris, Dep.75.
Begonia :

Town hall of Rochefort, Rochefort-on-Sea, Dep.17,
B. “Rex cultorum”, Town hall of Paris, Dep.75.

Caladium : Town hall of Paris, Dep.75.
Cattleya, Laelia and their hybrids : Vacherot and Lecoufle, Dep.94.
Ceanothus : Janine and Yves Jarreau, Dep.22.
Chasmanthe : William Waterfield, Dep.06.
Chimonobambusa : Bamboos of Planbuisson, Dep.24.
Chrysanthemum : Town of Saint-Jean-of-Sling, Dep.45.
Chrysanthemum Sensu lato : Town hall of Paris, Dep.75.
Cistus : Seedbed Filippi, Dep.34.
Clematis Cvs.: Seedbeds Through, Dep.45.
Convolvulaceae : General advice of the Hauts-de-Seine, Dep.92.
Horned : Botanical garden, University Louis-Pasteur, Strasbourg.
Ficus : national Natural history museum of natural history, Paris.
Ficus : Town hall of Paris, Paris.
Nicotiana : Institute of the tobacco, Bergerac.
Pelargonium : Town hall of Bourges, Bourges.
Quercus : national Arboretum of the Bars, Nogent-on-Vernisson.
Rosa :

Rosery of Trifle, Paris modern Rose trees,
Collection of rose trees, the Rose tree-on-Loire,
Conservatory botany national of Gap-Charance, botanical Gap Rose trees,
Rosery of the Valley-of-Marne, the Haÿ-the-Pinks Rose trees old,
Rosery of the Court of Commer, Commer gallic Rose trees.

Salvia : Botanical garden, Town of Nice.
Tilia : Arboretum de Chèvreloup, Chesnay.
Tulipa : Laurent Lieser, Association Wild Tulips, Villefort (48).
Yucca : Garden of Tropical Birds, Londe, EPD. 83.

See too

Botanical garden | Botanical Arboretum
Ecology

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