The identification code of the Botanical Garden Quito as a member of the Botanic Gardens Conservation International (BGCI), as well as the initials of its herbarium, is QUITO.

[1] This botanical garden arises in 1989, thanks to an agreement signed between the "Ecuadorian Museum of Natural Sciences", the "Gardening Club" and the "Municipality of Quito" by which it became the old Nursery municipal of the Parque de la Carolina, in a botanical garden.

To guarantee the administrative efficiency of this entity, the creation of the "Botanical Foundation of the Andes" was managed in June 1991, whose mission is to manage and carry out direct actions for the knowledge, protection and conservation of Ecuadorian flora.

Among its collections that are distributed along walking paths: The climate of the city corresponds to the subtropical highland climate; Quito is divided into 3 zones; south, center, and north; where the south is the coldest place in the city because it is the highest area, the center is hot; where the highest temperatures always occur, and the north is temperate.

Río Amazonas, in the "Parque La Carolina", located near an important commercial area of Quito, and next to the "Museum of Natural Sciences".