Jardin botanique de la Faculté de Pharmacie
The Jardin botanique de la Faculté de Pharmacie (2 hectares), more formally the Jardin de la Faculté des Sciences Pharmaceutiques et Biologiques de l'Université de Lille 2, is a
It is one of three botanical gardens in
The garden was established in 1970 when the Faculty of Pharmacy moved to its current location. Its arboretum was created in 1985, and in 1999 the garden was designated a member of the Jardins botaniques de France et des Pays francophones.
Today the garden contains more than 1,000 taxa, including herbaceous plants (117 species), gymnosperms (20 species), trees and shrubs, ornamental plants, medicinal plants, and perfume plants, arranged as follows:
- Systematic gardens (5,000 m2) - 22 plots containing several hundred species. One section is arranged by botanical family according to a modern molecular system, another by medical use or toxicity, and a third by ecology.
- Xanthoceras sorbifolium.
- Tropical Pogostemon cablin, Strelitzia reginae, etc.
- angiosperms (10,000), lichens (4,500), and bryophytes(2,000).
Additional plants include Agave, Aloe, Epipactis helleborine, Ophrys apifera, Opuntia, and Orchis militaris.
See also
References
- Jardin botanique de la Faculté de Pharmacie Archived 2009-01-14 at the Wayback Machine
- BGCI entry
- Phengels.club description (French)
- Parcs et Jardins entry (French)
- Gralon.net entry (French)
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