Orto Botanico dell'Università di Lecce

The Orto Botanico dell'Università di Lecce (2 hectares), also known as the Orto Botanico di Lecce, is a botanical garden operated by the University of Lecce and located at Via Provinciale Lecce-Monteroni, 73100, Lecce, Apulia, Italy.

Fruit trees in the botanical garden

Although Lecce's earliest botanical garden dates to 1814, it began an irreversible decline in 1866 after its acquisition by the province, and today's garden is a separate undertaking begun in 1994 by the university's biology department. It currently contains several hundred species.

See also

• List of botanical gardens in Italy

References

• Botanical Garden University of Salento (in Italian)
• S. Marchiori, "L'Orto Botanico di Lecce", Museol. Sci., XII (1-2): 143–148, 1995.
• Gruppo Italiano per la Ricerca sulle Orchidee Spontanee (GIROS), Notiziario per i Soci, September 2002, no 21. PDF

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