The Giardino botanico Clelia Durazzo Grimaldi is a small botanical garden

Botanical garden

A botanical garden The terms botanic and botanical, and garden or gardens are used more-or-less interchangeably, although the word botanic is generally reserved for the earlier, more traditional gardens. is a well-tended area displaying a wide range of plants labelled with their botanical names...

 located on the grounds of the Villa Durazzo-Pallavicini

Villa Durazzo-Pallavicini

The Villa Durazzo-Pallavicini is a villa with notable 19th century park in the English romantic style and a small botanical garden. The villa now houses the Museo di Archeologia Ligure, and is located at Via Pallavicini, 13, immediately next to the railway station in Pegli, a suburb of Genoa, Italy...

 in Pegli

Pegli

Pegli is a neighbourhood in the west of Genoa, Italy.With a mild climate and a sea promenade, Pegli is mainly a residential area with four public parks and several villas and mansions. It is also known as a tourist resort with some hotels, camping and bathing establishments...

, a suburb of Genoa

Genoa

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, Italy

Italy

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. It is a part of the romantic historical park made by Ignazio Pallavicini in 1846.

The garden was established in 1794 by Clelia Durazzo Grimaldi

Clelia Durazzo Grimaldi

Clelia Durazzo Grimaldi , also known as Clelia Durazzo, was a botanist and marchesa in Genoa, Italy.-Biography:She was the daughter of Giacomo Filippo Durazzo and Maddalena Pallavicini. Her father was a member of one of the most illustrious and aristocratic Genoese families, as well as a notable...

, and donated to the city in 1928. Today is restored and it contains around twenty groups of plants laid on the ground by an educational disposition:

• Carnivorous plant
  Carnivorous plant
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• Succulent plants
• Tropical plants and orchids
• Palms
  Arecaceae
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• Fern
  Fern
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• Camellia
  Camellia
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• Rose
  Rose
  A rose is a woody perennial of the genus Rosa, within the family Rosaceae. There are over 100 species. They form a group of erect shrubs, and climbing or trailing plants, with stems that are often armed with sharp prickles. Flowers are large and showy, in colours ranging from white through yellows...
  
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• Bamboo
  Bamboo
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• Aquatic plant
  Aquatic plant
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• Mediterranean plants
• Scented plants
• Useful plants

The garden contains a lot of species, some of these rare or unusual.

External links and references

• Il giardino botanico Clelia Durazzo Grimaldi from the Istituto Tecnologie Didattiche website.
• Convention on Biological Diversity — Botanic Gardens in Italy