Title Farmaceutski botanički vrt "Fran Kušan" Title (english) Pharmaceutical Botanical Garden "Fran Kušan" Author Martina Došen Mentor Suzana Inić (mentor)Committee member Suzana Inić (predsjednik povjerenstva)Committee member Marijana Zovko Končić (član povjerenstva)Committee member Jasna Jablan (član povjerenstva)Granter University of Zagreb Defense date and country 2018-07-13, Croatia Scientific / art field, BIOMEDICINE AND HEALTHCARE Abstract Ovaj diplomski rad predstavlja cjelovit prikaz osnutka i djelovanja Farmaceutskog botaničkog vrta „Fran
Kušan“ uz dosad neobjavljene detalje iz obiteljskog života i profesionalne karijere njegova osnivača Frana Kušana.
Fran Kušan (1902. – 1972.) je bio sveučilišni profesor Farmaceutske botanike, pedagog, planinar,
popularizator botaničkih znanosti, utemeljitelj Zavoda za farmaceutsku botaniku i osnivač tri botanička vrta:
Planinskog botaničkog vrta na Medvednici (1939.), Botaničkog vrta ljekovitog i otrovnog bilja (1946.) i Velebitskog
botaničkog vrta (1967.).
Godine 1924. je upisao Filozofski fakultet Sveučilišta u Zagrebu, a doktorsku disertaciju na temu ˝Predradnje
za floru lišajeva Hrvatske˝ brani 1929. godine. Imenovan je 1940. godine izvanrednim, a 1945. godine redovnim
profesorom farmaceutske botanike na Zagrebačkom sveučilištu. Osnivanjem Zavoda za farmaceutsku botaniku (1945.)
imenovan je predstojnikom Zavoda, na mjestu kojega ostaje do smrti (1972.). Znanstveni i stručni rad Frana Kušana
obuhvaća preko 130 znanstvenih i stručnih radova, popularnih članaka, rasprava i knjiga. Godine 1946. je osnovao
„Botanički vrt ljekovitog i otrovnog bilja“, koji nakon njegove smrti nosi njegovo ime i danas se zove Farmaceutski
botanički vrt „Fran Kušan“. Vrt se nalazi u sklopu Zavoda za farmaceutsku botaniku i jedan je od rijetkih botaničkih
vrtova takve vrste u Europi te predstavlja središnju ustanovu za istraživanje ljekovitih biljnih vrsta. Smješten je u
sjevernom dijelu Zagreba, na adresi Schrottova ulica 39/Alagovićeva ulica 43. U njemu se nalazi oko 1000 biljnih
vrsta, od kojih je 650 ljekovitih i/ili otrovnih vrsta. Djelovanje Vrta je usmjereno prema nastavnom i znanstvenoistraživačkom
radu. Godine 1969. je stavljen pod posebnu zaštitu kao „Spomenik prirode (spomenik vrtne arhitekture
– botanički vrt)“. U Vrtu se nalazi Herbarij „Fran Kušan“ s 34026 primjeraka vaskularnih biljaka i 1476 primjeraka
lišajeva. Herbarij je obnovljen 2012. godine.
Abstract (english) This article presents a complete presentation of the establishment and functioning the Pharmaceutical
Botanical Garden „Fran Kušan“ with unpublished details of the family life and professional career of its founder Fran
Kušan.
Fran Kušan (1902 – 1972) was a university professor of Pharmaceutical botany, pedagogue, mountaineer,
botanist scientist, founder of the Depart ment of pharmaceutical botany and establisher of three botanical gardens:
Botanical Garden on Medvednica (1939), Botanical Garden of Medicinal and Poisonous Herbs (1946) and the Velebit
botanical garden (1967).
In 1924, he was enrolled at the Faculty of Philosophy at the University of Zagreb and defended his doctoral
thesis in 1929 on the subject of "˝Predradnje za floru lišajeva Hrvatske˝". He was appointed in 1940 as an associate,
and in 1945 as a full professor of Pharmaceutical botany at the University of Zagreb. By the foundation of the
Department of pharmaceutical botany (1945) he was appointed head of the Department, where he remained until his
death (1972). The scientific and professional work of Fran Kušan includes over 130 scientific and professional papers,
popular articles, discussions and books. In 1946, he established the Botanical Garden of Medicinal and Poisonous
Herbs, which after his death carries his name and today is called the Pharmaceutical Botanical Garden "Fran Kušan".
The garden is part of the Department of pharmaceutical botany and represents a central institute for research of
medicinal herbs. It is located in the northern part of Zagreb, at Schrottova street 39 / Alagovićeva street 43. It contains
about 1000 plant species, of which 650 are medicinal and / or poisonous species. The activity of the Garden is directed
towards teaching and scientific research work. In 1969 he was placed under special protection as "The monument of
nature (monument of garden architecture – botanical garden)". Within the garden there is Herbarij "Fran Kušan",
which contains 34026 copies of vascular plants and 1476 copies of lichens. Herbarij was renewed in 2012.
Keywords
Fran Kušan
Farmaceutski botanički vrt „Fran Kušan“
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Keywords (english)
Fran Kušan
Pharmaceutical Botanical Garden „Fran Kušan“
herbarium
Language croatian URN:NBN urn:nbn:hr:163:232531 Study programme Title: Pharmacy Type of resource Text File origin Born digital Access conditions Open access Terms of use Created on 2019-03-06 12:46:17
