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Orto Botanico dell'Università di Napoli - University of Study Federico II
Italy - Campania - Napoli
Institution Code: NAP
BGCI Member: No
Main Address:
Orto Botanico dell'Università di Napoli - University of Study Federico II
FAO: Dr Rosa Muoio
Via Foria 223
Napoli
Campania 80139 Italy
Telephone: +39- 081449759
Fax: +39 - 081295351
URL: www.ortobotanico.unina.it
Primary Email: muoio@unina.it
Staff Details
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Director's Name: Prof. Paolo Caputo
Curator's Name: Dr Menale
Plant Records Officer's Name:
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Total Staff:
Horticultural Staff Number: 40
Educational Staff Number: 3
Research Staff Number: 2
Administration Staff Number: 3
About the Garden
- Institution Type: Botanic Garden
- Status
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Status: Private: No
Status: State: Yes
Status: Educational: Yes
- Date founded: 1807
- Physical Data
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Landscaped Area: Yes
Landscaped Area: Size: 10 Hectares
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Latitude: 40.8555
Longitude: 14.2627
Altitude: 0.00 Metres
Total area of glasshouses: 6000 Metres
- Locality: Information
- Locality: Garden Name: Orto Botanico di Napoli, Università degli Studi Federico II
- Local Address: Via Foria 223, 80139 Napoli - Italy
- Locality: City: Naples
- Locality: State: Italia
Features and Facilities
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Herbarium: Yes
Arboretum: Yes
Arboretum Size: 2
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Seed Bank: Yes
Published Plant Catalogue: Yes
Computer Plant Record System: Yes
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Open to public: Yes
Friends society: No
Retail Outlet: Shop: No
Retail Outlet: Plant Sales: No
Disabled access: Yes
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Number of Visitors: 40000
Plant Collections
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Accession Number: 25000
Cultivation Taxa Num: 3000
- Special Collections:The actual work done by the Botanical Garden is mainly research, teaching and the conservation of rare species or those at risk of extinction besides the cultivation and presentation of museum collections and the organization of artistic and cultural exhibitions.
The research done by the Botanical Garden is principally the study of the macro and micromorphological characteristics of some groups of plants for example : cycadales and orchidaceae, ethnobotanical researches in rural areas of central and southern Italy and the analysing of vegetable fossils from geographical sites in the Campania region. Furthermore it is clear that the collections of the Botanical Garden represent a reservoir of vegetal substances used for studies purposes by researchers in the Plant Biology Section of the Department of Biological Science.
The teaching carried out at the Botanical Garden not only applies to university students but also to secondary school and college students. Guided visits are conducted by specialized personel every year. Annual courses are organized for the teaching body enabling it to qualify in the methods used by the Botanical Garden and about its collection.
The conservation and protection of rare entities, endemic i.e. on the way to becoming extinct, is an activity that as time passes has become more and more important in the Partenopean Garden. There are collections of plants that are becoming rarer in their natural environment for example the cycladales and the arboreous ferns.
Live endemic entities growing in the Campania region are also cultivated for example Kochia saxicola and Primula palinuri and others that have disappeared from their natural environment such as the Ipomea imperati. These local species are reproduced and multiplied in order to obtain a substantial number to be used in an eventual reintroduction into nature if these species should disappear from their natural sites.
Conservation Programmes
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Conservation Programme: Yes
Medicinal Plant Programme: Yes
Ex Situ Conservation Programme: Yes
Reintroduction Programme: Yes
Research Programmes
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Ethnobotany: Yes
Floristics: Yes
Molecular Genetics: Yes
Pollination Biology: Yes
Systematics and Taxonomy: Yes
Education Programmes
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Visitor/Education Centre: Yes
Education Signs in Garden: Yes
Public Lectures/Talks: Yes
Education Booklets/Leaflets: Yes
Guided Tours: Yes
Special Exhibitions: Yes
Education Programme: Yes