Jardin des plantes de MontpellierGeneral view of the garden
The jardin des plantes de Montpellier (4.5 hectares) is a historic botanical garden and arboretum located on Boulevard Henri IV, Montpellier, Hérault, Occitania, France. It is maintained by the Université Montpellier 1 and open afternoons daily except Monday; admission is free.
The garden was established in 1593 by letters patent from King Henri IV, under the leadership of Pierre Richer de Belleval, professor of botany and anatomy. It is France's oldest botanical garden, inspired by the Orto botanico di Padova (1545) and in turn serving as model for the jardin des plantes de Paris (1626).
The Montagne de Richer lies within the garden's oldest section, which also now contains a systematic garden. The garden was expanded twice in the 19th century. Its orangery was designed by Claude-Mathieu Delagardette (1762–1805) and completed in 1804, the arboretum was landscaped in 1810, and the English Garden, with pool and greenhouse, dates from 1859. The monumental Martins greenhouse opened in 1860.
Today the garden contains about 2,680 plant species, including 500 native to the Mediterranean region. Of these roughly 2,000 species are grown outdoors, and 1,000 under glass. Major sections of the garden are as follows:
Montagne de Richer - a Cistaceae collection
Systematic garden - plants classified according to the Bentham & Hooker system, 1883, complemented by Elias Durand, 1887.
Medicinal plants - about 250 plants of traditional Mediterranean medicines and herbs
Succulents - about 50 species
Orangery and cold greenhouse - about 110 species
Palm trees - 9 varieties, including Brahea armata and Butia capitata.
Arboretum - Fine mature specimens including Acer neapolitanum, Celtis sinensis, Cinnamomum camphora, Cupressus goveniana, Cupressus macrocarpa, Cupressus sempervirens, Quercus calliprinos, Quercus coccifera, and Zelkova serrata. The male Ginkgo biloba, planted in the late 18th century, is particularly noteworthy.
Greenhouse - 423 species in three rooms, including a tropical room with large central basin for aquatic plants, and two temperate rooms. Of interest are the collections of ferns, Bromeliaceae, and Orchidaceae, with good collections from French Guiana.
and his portrait hangs among the gallery of professors. The JardindesplantesdeMontpellier, founded in 1593, is the oldest botanical garden in France...
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medicinal plants as were once found in the monastery's "garden of simples". It is maintained in association with the JardindesplantesdeMontpellier. List...
in Montpellier following the model of the gardens created in Padoua in 1545. Belleval devoted all of his time and money to the Jardindesplantesde Montpellier...
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Joseph Pitton de Tournefort, whom he succeeded at the Jardin du Roi, later the JardindesPlantes, died in that year. His own original publications are...
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years collecting, he studied medicine at Montpellier, but was appointed professor of botany at the JardindesPlantes in Paris in 1683. During this time he...
sub-demonstrator of plants in the JardindesPlantes. In 1725 he brought out a new edition of Joseph Pitton de Tournefort's Histoire desplantes qui naissent...
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involved some significant events. Founding of the JardindesplantesdeMontpellier by Pierre Richer de Belleval. Founding of the Botanischer Garten der...
garden, the JardindesPlantes (originally Jardin du Roi) was the first botanical garden in Paris, and the second in France (after the Montpellier garden created...
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southern France. He went to Paris in 1708; J. P. de Tournefort, whom he succeeded at the JardindesPlantes, dying in that year. His own original publications...
of 14.5 hectares (36 acres) in the bois de Vincennes. Designed to complement the Ménagerie du Jardindesplantes, this zoo is dedicated to the observation...
botanist of the JardindesPlantes. A year later he was sent on an expedition to visit South America and collect such useful plants as could be cultivated...
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