Orto Botanico Friulano, Botanical garden in Udine, Italy.
The Orto Botanico Friulano is a botanical garden near the Istituto Tecnico per Geometri on Viale Leonardo da Vinci in Udine. Its collections include 150 irises from around the world, Friulian native plants, Ericaceae, ferns, succulents, desert plants, tropical trees, and a Platanus orientalis. The garden's herbarium, with about 100,000 specimens, is held at the Museo Friulano di Storia Naturale.
The Orto Botanico Friulano was created in 1951 and holds mature plants of botanical interest, among them an iris collection of 150 specimens from around the world. Its herbarium, kept at the Museo Friulano di Storia Naturale, holds about 100,000 specimens and an archive. The garden is registered under the international botanical code UDINE.
The garden's international botanical code is UDINE, and its herbarium of about 100,000 specimens is kept at the Museo Friulano di Storia Naturale rather than on the garden grounds. The iris collection numbers some 150 plants gathered from around the world.
The garden is open daily during the warm months, but only in the mornings on weekdays outside that season. An entrance fee is charged. It lies near the Istituto Tecnico per Geometri on Viale Leonardo da Vinci, also given as Via Urbanis, so confirm the approach before setting out.
The garden's herbarium is not kept on site but at the Museo Friulano di Storia Naturale, where it holds about 100,000 specimens and an archive. The garden also carries the international botanical institution code UDINE.
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