Orto Botanico dell'Università di Perugia

The Orto Botanico dell'Università di Perugia (20,000 m²) is a botanical garden operated by the University of Perugia. It is located at Borgo XX Giugno 74, Perugia, Umbria, Italy, and open to the public daily.

Today's garden was established in 1962 between Via San Costanzo and Via Romana, as a successor to Perugia's first botanical garden (1768), which was moved and re-established several times over the centuries. It currently contains about 3000 species, including:

• Aquatic plants -
  Trapa natans
  .
• Arboretum -
  Salix, and Viscum
  .
• Fruits -
  Piper nigrum, Psidium, Ribes, Rubus, Prunus, and Sorbus
  .
• Succulents -
  Crassula lycopodioides, Espostoa, Euphorbiaceae, Gasteria, Haworthia, Kalanchoe, Pachypodium, Sedum, Sempervivum, and Stapelia
  .
• Tropical and subtropical plants -
  Psophocarpus tetragonolobus, and Tamarillo
  .
• Useful plants -
  Rheum, Salvia, Satureja, Solanum, Tanacetum, Thymus, and Valeriana
  .

• List of botanical gardens in Italy

References

• Orto Botanico dell'Università di Perugia
• Horti entry (Italian)
• M. Bencivenga, "L'Orto botanico dell'Università di Perugia", in Orti botanici, Giardini Alpini, Arboreti Italiani, pp. 219–224 - Edizioni Grifo, Palermo, 1992.
• A. Ranfa, L'Orto botanico di Perugia, guida alla visita, Centro Stampa, Università di Perugia, 1993.