The Jardin des Plantes is the main botanical garden in France. It is situated in the 5ème arrondissement, Paris, on the left bank of the river Seine. It covers 28 hectares (280,000 m²). Inside the United States Botanic Garden Inside the Rio de Janeiro Botanic Garden (Brazil), 1890 Botanical gardens (in Latin, hortus botanicus) grow a wide variety of plants primarily categorized and documented for scientific purposes, but also for the enjoyment and education of visitors, a consideration that has become essential to... The 5e arrondissement is one of the central arrondissements of Paris, France, located on the Left Bank. ... The Eiffel Tower, the international symbol of the city For other uses, see Paris (disambiguation). ... The left bank of a river is the bank on the left when looking in the direction of flow towards the sea. ... The Seine (pronounced in French) is a major river of north-western France, and one of its commercial waterways. ...

Garden plan

Great Gallery of Evolution

The Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle is situated within the garden. It is made up of four galleries: the Grande Galerie de l'Evolution, the Mineralogy Museum, the Paleontology Museum and the Entomology Museum. In addition to the gardens there is also an aquarium and a small zoo. Image File history File links Grande_Gallerie_de_l'evolution. ... Image File history File links Grande_Gallerie_de_l'evolution. ... The Muséum national dHistoire naturelle (MNHN) is the French national museum of natural history. ... A speculative phylogenetic tree of all living things, based on rRNA gene data, showing the separation of the three domains, bacteria, archaea and eukaryotes. ... Mineralogy is an earth science that involves the chemistry, crystal structure, and physical (including optical) properties of minerals. ... A paleontologist carefully chips rock from a column of dinosaur vertebrae. ... Entomology is the scientific study of insects. ... For other uses, see Aquarium (disambiguation). ... Giraffes in Sydneys Taronga Zoo Free monkeys islands at the São Paulo Zoo Panda enclosure at Chiang Mai Zoo Visitors feeding and petting tamed marmots at the Parc Animalier des Pyrenées Sea lions at the Melbourne Zoo For other uses of the term Zoo, see Zoo...

The Jardin de Plantes maintains a botanical school, which trains botanists, constructs demonstration gardens, and exchanges seeds to maintain biotic diversity. About 4500 plants are arranged by family on a one hectare (10,000 m²) plot. Pinguicula grandiflora Botany is the scientific study of plantlife. ...

Three hectares are devoted to horticultural displays of decorative plants. An Alpine garden has 3000 species with world-wide representation. Specialized buildings, such as the Orangerie and the Mexican and Australian hothouses present regional plants, not native to France. The Rose Garden has hundreds of species of roses and rose trees. The Latin words hortus (garden plant) and cultura (culture) together form horticulture, classically defined as the culture or growing of garden plants. ... Categories: Stub ... Species About 100, see text A rose is a flowering shrub of the genus Rosa, and the flower of this shrub. ...

History

The garden was originally planted by Guy de La Brosse, Louis XIII's physician, in 1626 as a medicinal herb garden. It was originally known as the Jardin du Roi. In 1650 it opened to the public. Louis XIII (September 27, 1601 – May 14, 1643), called the Just (French: le Juste), was King of France from 1610 to 1643. ... Events September 30 - Nurhaci, chieftain of the Jurchens and founder of the Qing Dynasty dies and is succeeded by his son Hong Taiji. ... // Events June 23 - Claimant King Charles II of England, Scotland and Ireland arrives in Scotland, the only of the three Kingdoms that has accepted him as ruler. ...

After a period of decline Jean-Baptiste Colbert took administrative control of the gardens. Dr Guy Crescent Fagon was appointed in 1693, and he surrounded himself with a team of brilliant botanists, including Joseph Pitton de Tournefort, Antoine de Jussieu, Antoine Laurent de Jussieu and his son Adrien-Henri. Jean-Baptiste Colbert. ... Joseph Pitton de Tournefort (June 5, 1656 – December 28, 1708) was a French botanist. ... Antoine de Jussieu (July 6, 1686 - April 22, 1758) was a French naturalist. ... Portrait of Antoine-Laurent de Jussieu Antoine Laurent de Jussieu (April 12, 1748 - September 17, 1836) was a French botanist. ... Adrien-Henri de Jussieu (December 23, 1797 _ June 29, 1853) was a French botanist. ...

The Comte de Buffon became the curator in 1739 and he expanded the gardens greatly, adding a maze, the Labyrinth, which remains today. In 1792 the Royal Menagerie was moved to the gardens from Versailles. Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon, by François-Hubert Drouais (1727-1775). ... Events January 1 - Bouvet Island is discovered by French explorer Jean-Baptiste Charles Bouvet de Lozier. ... Public hedge maze in the English Garden at Schönbusch Park, Aschaffenburg, Germany A small maze. ... Versailles (pronounced , roughly vair-sye’, in French), formerly the de facto capital of the kingdom of France, is now a wealthy suburb of Paris and is still an important administrative and judicial center. ...

Access

___	get off at metro station: Place Monge.

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External links

• Official site (in French)

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