What you'll hear inside Pisa Botanical Garden and Museum:

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  Arboretum

  The Arboretum forms the tree section of Pisa's botanical garden, dominated by conifers and catkin-bearing species.

• 2
  Orto del Mirto (Official Flora)

  The Orto del Mirto comprises the medicinal plant section of Pisa's Botanical Garden, housing around 140 species of medicinal flora.

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  Succulent Collection (Greenhouse)

  Pisa's succulent greenhouse showcases an extensive collection of drought-resistant plants, including Cactaceae, Euphorbiaceae, and Crassulaceae specimens, alongside genera such as Aloe and Agave.

• 4
  Herbarium of the Pisa Botanical Garden

  The Herbarium Horti Botanici Pisani houses one of Italy's most significant herbarium collections, with approximately 350,000 specimens gathered since the late 18th century.

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  Systematic Collection

  The Colección Sistemática is a section of the botanical garden organised on didactic and systematic principles, grouping plant species by their botanical relationships to aid study.

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  Aquatic Plants

  The Orto Botanico di Pisa houses an impressive collection of aquatic plants, many of them native species now facing serious conservation concerns.

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  Gallery of Seventeenth-Century Botanist Portraits

  The Quadreria at Pisa's Botanic Museum houses a remarkable collection of seventeenth-century portraits depicting distinguished botanists.

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  Cedar Garden

  The Cedro Garden forms part of Pisa's Botanical Garden and was acquired in 1786 from the convent of Santa Teresa.