Faustino Miranda Botanical Garden

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The Faustino Miranda Botanical Garden is located next to the Sabinal river in Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Chiapas, Mexico. It was founded in 1951 under the trusteeship of Dr. Faustino Miranda who dedicated the greater part of his life to studying the flora of the state of Chiapas. Featured here are exhibits on the wood of Chiapas, medicinal plants, the flowers of chiapas, and many more. There is also a library specializing in botany.

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• (Spanish) Página de Turismo de Tuxtla Gutiérrez. Last accessed November 20, 2006.
• Página de Turismo de Tuxtla Gutiérrez.
• http://carn.ua.es/CIBIO/es/publicaciones.html
• http://www.ecologia.edu.mx/publicaciones/NOVEDADES.htm
• http://www.ecologia.edu.mx/publicaciones/LIBROS_archivos/Faustino_Miranda.pdf
• Palacios-Rios, M. & J. Carrillo. 2007. Faustino Miranda un botánico español apasionado por la flora mexicana. CIBIO-Universidad de Alicante-Instituto de Ecología, A.C., Alicante, España 184 pp.