Giardino botanico Clelia Durazzo Grimaldi
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The Giardino botanico Clelia Durazzo Grimaldi is a small botanical garden located on the grounds of the Villa Durazzo-Pallavicini in Pegli, a suburb of Genoa, Italy.
The garden was established in 1794 by Clelia Durazzo Grimaldi, and donated to the city in 1928. Today is restored and it contains around twenty groups of plants:
- Carnivorous plants
- Succulent plants
- Tropical plants and orchids
- Palms
- Camellias
- Roses
- Bamboo
- Acquatic plants
- Scented plants
- Useful plants
The garden contains large collections of Agavaceae (39 spp.), Cactaceae (75 spp.), Compositae (22 spp.), Cupressaceae (17 spp.), Euphorbiaceae, Leguminosae (27 spp.), Myrtaceae, Oleaceae (16 spp.), Rosaceae (19 spp.), and Solanaceae (12 spp.), as well as Urticaceae, Valerianaceae, Verbenaceae, and Taxus.
[edit] External links and references
- Il gardino botanico Clelia Durazzo Grimaldi (Italian) from the Istituto Tecnologie Didattiche website.
- Convention on Biological Diversity - Botanic Gardens in Italy
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