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Orto Botanico dell`Universita di Ferrara

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Italy - Emilia Romagna - Ferrara

Institution Code: FER

BGCI Member: No

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About the Orto Botanico dell`Universita di Ferrara

Botanical Garden area is almost in the shape of a rectangle and its surface is divided into irregular flowerbeds. A long path, winding among trees and lawns surrounded by low evergreen hedges, allows visitors who follow the suggested route to observe all exhibition areas. Garden flowerbeds cover 4500 square meters and host about 700 species divided into four thematic sections: Systematics, Theme gardens, Useful plants, Protected flora. The greenhouses, located on the eastern edge of the Botanical Garden, are divided into three areas: Cold House, Temperate House and Hothouse. Greenhouse plants are about 1300 species coming from equatorial, tropical and subtropical regions and making very interesting collections. In spring and summer many greenhouse plants are carried outdoor on special structures so as to constitute a fifth section: Exotic plants.

Main Address:
Orto Botanico dell`Universita di Ferrara
Universita degli Studi di Ferrara
Dipartimento di Biologia ed Evoluzione - Orto Botanico
Ferrara
Emilia Romagna 44121 Italy

Telephone: +39 0532 293782
Fax: +39 0532 208561
URL: http://www.unife.it/dipartimento/biologia-evoluzione/strutture/orto-botanico
Primary Email: ortobotanico@unife.it

Staff Details

  • Director's Name: Prof. Renato Gerdol
    Curator's Name: Dr. Fabrizio Negrini
    Plant Records Officer's Name: Fabrizio Negrini
  • Total Staff:
    Horticultural Staff Number: 3
    Educational Staff Number: 1
    Research Staff Number:
    Administration Staff Number: 1

About the Garden

  • Institution Type: Botanic Garden
  • Status
  • Status: Private: No
    Status: State: Yes
    Status: Educational: Yes
    Status: Municipal: No
    Status: Satellite: No
    Status: Trust: No
  • Date founded: 1771
  • Physical Data
  • Natural Vegetation Area: No
  • Landscaped Area: No
  • Latitude: 44.8060
    Longitude: 11.6700
    Annual Rainfall: 700 mm
    Altitude: 8.00 Metres
    Total area of glasshouses: 135 Metres
    Total area of shadehouses: 1000 Metres
  • Locality: Information
  • Locality: Garden Name: Orto Botanico ed Erbario dell'Università di Ferrara
  • Local Address: Corso Ercole I d'Este, 32
  • Locality: City: Ferrara
  • Locality: State: Emilia Romagna (Italy)

Features and Facilities

  • Herbarium: Yes
    Herbarium: Number of Specimens: 16000
    Arboretum: Yes
  • Micropropagation/ Tissue Culture Facilities: No
    Seed Bank: No
    Published Plant Catalogue: Yes
    Computer Plant Record System: Yes
  • Open to public: Yes
    Friends society: No
    Retail Outlet: Shop: No
    Retail Outlet: Plant Sales: No
    Disabled access: Yes
  • Number of Visitors: 8000

Plant Collections

  • Accession Number: 2500
    Cultivation Taxa Num: 1962
  • Special Collections:A brief description of collections and sectors is reported.
    Systematics
    The plants in this section are ordered basis on a systematic, in agreement with most recent classifications. This section includes Ferns, Gymnosperms, Dicotyledons and Monocotyledons.
    Theme gardens
    This section includes ornamental plants prevalently organized in small theme gardens whose purpose is primarily aesthetic and popular. The topics treated in the various gardens are described in the legend.
    Useful plants
    In this section the plants are grouped according to the usefulness to humans. The section includes the following sectors: “Orchard garden”, “Plants for industry”, “Aromatic plants”, “Medicinal Plants”.
    Protected flora
    This section collects protected plants of the Italian flora originating, in large part, the territory of Ferrara. The section is divided into two areas: “Halophilous and terrestrial plants”, “Aquatic and hygrophilous plants”.
    Exotic flora
    The plants in this section are all in pots or baskets and are hospitalized in a greenhouse during winter. This section is composed of collections of plants of equatorial, tropical or subtropical origin. This section includes plants of various types (succulents, epiphytics, carnivorous, ornamentals, officinals, etc.).

Conservation Programmes

  • Conservation Programme: Yes
    Medicinal Plant Programme: No
    Ex Situ Conservation Programme: Yes
    Reintroduction Programme: Yes

Research Programmes

  • Biotechnology: No
    Plant Breeding: No
    Conservation - Biology: Yes
    Conservation - Genetics: No
    Data Management Systems and Information Technology: No
    Ecology: Yes
    Ecosystem Conservation: No
    Education: Yes
    Ethnobotany: No
    Exploration: No
    Floristics: No
    Horticulture: Yes
    Invasive Species Biology and Control: No
    Molecular Genetics: No
    Pollination Biology: No
    Restoration Ecology: No
    Seed/Spore Biology: No
    Systematics and Taxonomy: No
    Sustainability: No
    Pharmacology: No
    Agriculture: No
    Land Restoration: No
    Urban Environments: Yes

Education Programmes

  • Visitor/Education Centre: No
    Education Signs in Garden: No
    Public Lectures/Talks: No
    Education Booklets/Leaflets: No
    Guided Tours: Yes
    Permanent Public Displays: No
    Special Exhibitions: Yes
    Courses for School Children: No
    Courses for University/College Students: Yes
    Courses for General Public: Yes
    Education Programme: No