Orto e Museo Botanico dell'Università di Pisa

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Italy - Toscana - Pisa

Institution Code: PI

BGCI Member: Yes

Main Address:
Orto e Museo Botanico dell'Università di Pisa
Via Luca Ghini, 13
Via Roma, 56
Pisa
Toscana 56126 Italy

Telephone: +39 050 2211310
Fax: +39 050 2211309
URL: https://www.ortomuseobot.sma.unipi.it/
Primary Email: info.ortomuseobot@sma.unipi.it

Staff Details

  • Director's Name: Prof. Lorenzo Peruzzi
    Curator's Name: Dr. Marco D'Antraccoli
    Plant Records Officer's Name: Dr. Marco D'Antraccoli
  • Total Staff:
    Horticultural Staff Number: 5
    Educational Staff Number: 3
    Research Staff Number:
    Administration Staff Number:

About the Garden

  • Institution Type: Botanic Garden
  • Status
  • Status: Private: No
    Status: State: Yes
    Status: Educational: Yes
    Status: Municipal: No
    Status: Satellite: No
  • Date founded: 1543
  • Physical Data
  • Natural Vegetation Area: No
  • Landscaped Area: No
  • Total Area: 2 Hectares
    Latitude: 43.720146
    Longitude: 10.396170
    Altitude: 0.00 Metres

Features and Facilities

  • Herbarium: Yes
    Herbarium: Number of Specimens: 350000
    Arboretum: Yes
    Arboretum Size: 1
  • Micropropagation/ Tissue Culture Facilities: No
    Seed Bank: Yes
    Published Plant Catalogue: No
    Computer Plant Record System: Yes
  • Open to public: Yes
    Friends society: No
    Retail Outlet: Shop: Yes
    Retail Outlet: Plant Sales: Yes
    Disabled access: Yes
  • Number of Visitors: 25000
    Number of Volunteers: 5

Plant Collections

  • Accession Number: 3000
  • Special Collections:Amborella mini-greenhouse (currently closed), Ancient camellias, Arboretum, Bamboo groves, Geophytes, Hydrangea, Idrofitorio, Systematic collection, Edible wild plants, Plants of the dunes, Mediterranean plants, Mountain plants, Plants in research, Medicinal plants, Salvia, Banana greenhouse, Succulents greenhouse, Tropical greenhouse, Victoria greenhouse
  • Invasive Species Monitoring: Yes
    Invasive Species Policy: Yes
    ABS Policy: Yes
    Plant Collection Policy: Yes

Conservation Programmes

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

Research Programmes

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

Education Programmes

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