Cameroon
The African Fan Palms in Limbe Botanical Gardens, Cameroon
A botanical garden is a place where plants, especially ferns, conifers and flowering plants, are grown and displayed for the purposes of research, conservation, and education. This distinguishes them from parks and pleasure gardens where plants, usually with showy flowers, are grown for public amenity only. Botanical gardens that specialize in trees are sometimes referred to as arboretums. They are occasionally associated with zoos.
The earliest botanical gardens were founded in the late Renaissance at the University of Pisa (1543) and the University of Padua (1545) in Italy, for the study and teaching of medical botany. Many universities today have botanical gardens for student teaching and academic research, e.g. the Arnold Arboretum, Harvard University, US, the Bonn University Botanic Garden, Bonn, Germany, the Cambridge University Botanic Garden, Cambridge, England, the Hortus Botanicus, Leiden, Netherlands, and the Kraus Preserve of Ohio Wesleyan University, US.
This page lists important botanical gardens throughout the world.
A useful database cataloging the world's botanic gardens can also be found at the Botanic Gardens Conservation International (BGCI) website. With over 800 participating botanical gardens, BGCI forms the world's largest network for plant conservation and environmental education.[1]
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Main article: List of botanical gardens in Argentina |
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Main article: List of botanical gardens in Armenia |
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Main article: List of botanical gardens in Australia |
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Main article: List of botanical gardens in Austria |
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Main article: List of botanical gardens in Bangladesh |
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Main article: List of botanical gardens in Belgium |
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Main article: List of botanical gardens in Brazil |
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Main article: List of botanical gardens in Bulgaria |
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Main article: List of botanical gardens in Canada |
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Main article: List of botanical gardens in Chile |
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Main article: List of botanical gardens in China |
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Main article: List of botanical gardens in Colombia |
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Main article: List of botanical gardens in Croatia |
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Main article: List of botanical gardens in Cuba |
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Main article: List of botanical gardens in Czech Republic |
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Main article: List of botanical gardens in Denmark |
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Main article: List of botanical gardens in Ecuador |
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Main article: List of botanical gardens in Egypt |
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Main article: List of botanical gardens in Estonia |
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Main article: List of botanical gardens in Finland |
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Main article: List of botanical gardens in France |
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Main article: List of botanical gardens in Georgia (country) |
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Main article: List of botanical gardens in Germany |
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Main article: List of botanical gardens in Ghana |
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Main article: List of botanical gardens in Honduras |
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Main article: List of botanical gardens in Hungary |
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Main article: List of botanical gardens in Iceland |
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Main article: List of botanical gardens in India |
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Main article: List of botanical gardens in Indonesia |
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Main article: List of botanical gardens in Iran |
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Main article: List of botanical gardens in Ireland |
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Main article: List of botanical gardens in Israel |
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Main article: List of botanical gardens in Italy |
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Main article: List of botanical gardens in Jamaica |
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Main article: List of botanical gardens in Japan |
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Main article: List of botanical gardens in Kenya |
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Main article: List of botanical gardens in Latvia |
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Main article: List of botanical gardens in Lithuania |
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Main article: List of botanical gardens in Malaysia |
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Main article: List of botanical gardens in Mauritius |
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Main article: List of botanical gardens in México |
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Main article: List of botanical gardens in Morocco |
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Main article: List of botanical gardens in Netherlands |
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Main article: List of botanical gardens in New Zealand |
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See also: Kimjongilia and Kimilsungia |
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Main article: List of botanical gardens in Norway |
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Main article: List of botanical gardens in Pakistan |
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Main article: List of botanical gardens in Peru |
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Main article: List of botanical gardens in Philippines |
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Main article: List of botanical gardens in Poland |
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Main article: List of botanical gardens in Portugal |
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Main article: List of botanical gardens in Romania |
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Main article: List of botanical gardens in Russia |
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Main article: List of botanical gardens in Singapore |
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Main article: List of botanical gardens in Slovakia |
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Main article: List of botanical gardens in South Korea |
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Main article: List of botanical gardens in South Africa |
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Main article: List of botanical gardens in Spain |
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Main article: List of botanical gardens in Sri Lanka |
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Main article: List of botanical gardens in Sweden |
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Main article: List of botanical gardens in Switzerland |
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Main article: List of botanical gardens in Taiwan |
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Main article: List of botanical gardens in Thailand |
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Main article: List of botanical gardens in Trinidad and Tobago |
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Main article: List of botanical gardens in Ukraine |
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Main article: List of botanical gardens in the United Kingdom |
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Main article: List of botanical gardens in the United States |
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Main article: List of botanical gardens in Uzbekistan |
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Main article: List of botanical gardens in Vietnam |
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Main article: List of botanical gardens in Zimbabwe |