The Orto Botanico dell'Università di Camerino (nearly 1 hectare), also known as the Orto Botanico di Camerino, is a 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...

 operated by the University of Camerino

University of Camerino

The University of Camerino is a university located in Camerino, Italy. It claims to have been founded in 1336, was officially recognized by the Pope in 1727, and is organized into five faculties.-History:...

, and located at Viale Oberdan 2, Camerino

Camerino

Camerino is a small town of 7.135 inhabitants in the Marches , in the province of Macerata, Italy. It is located in the Apennines bordering Umbria, between the valleys of the rivers Potenza and Chienti, about 40 miles from Ancona....

, Province of Macerata

Province of Macerata

The Province of Macerata is a province in the Marche region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Macerata.It has an area of 2,774 km², and a total population of 301,701 . There are 57 comunes in the province, see Comunes of the Province of Macerata.-External links:*...

, Marche

Marche

The population density in the region is below the national average. In 2008, it was 161.5 inhabitants per km2, compared to the national figure of 198.8. It is highest in the province of Ancona , and lowest in the province of Macerata...

, Italy

Italy

Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...

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The garden was established in 1828 by Vincenzo Ottaviani, from 1826-1841 papal physician and professor of botany and chemistry. It is divided into two main parts, namely a flat area with shrubs and herbaceous species, and a slope with many trees and ferns.

Today its tree species

Species

In biology, a species is one of the basic units of biological classification and a taxonomic rank. A species is often defined as a group of organisms capable of interbreeding and producing fertile offspring. While in many cases this definition is adequate, more precise or differing measures are...

 include native Celtis australis

Celtis australis

Celtis australis, commonly known as the European nettle tree, Mediterranean hackberry, lote tree, or honeyberry, is a deciduous tree that can grow 20 or 25 meters in height....

, Fagus sylvatica, Ilex aquifolium, Pinus nigra subsp. laricio, Quercus cerris, Quercus ilex, Quercus petraea, Staphylea pinnata, and Taxus baccata

Taxus baccata

Taxus baccata is a conifer native to western, central and southern Europe, northwest Africa, northern Iran and southwest Asia. It is the tree originally known as yew, though with other related trees becoming known, it may be now known as the English yew, or European yew.-Description:It is a small-...

, as well as exotics Ginkgo biloba, Gleditschia triacanthos, Liriodendron tulipifera

Liriodendron tulipifera

Liriodendron tulipifera, commonly known as the tulip tree, American tulip tree, tuliptree, tulip poplar or yellow poplar, is the Western Hemisphere representative of the two-species genus Liriodendron, and the tallest eastern hardwood...

, Parrotia persica, and Sequoiadendron giganteum. Indigenous ferns include Asplenium onopteris, Athyrium filix-femina

Athyrium filix-femina

Athyrium filix-femina is a large, feathery species of fern native throughout most of the temperate Northern Hemisphere, where it is often abundant in damp, shady woodland environments and is often grown for decoration.The plant is caespitose Athyrium filix-femina (Lady Fern or Common Lady-fern)...

, Phyllitis scolopendrium, Polypodium cambricum, Polypodium vulgare

Polypodium vulgare

Polypodium vulgare, the common polypody, is a fern of the Polypodiaceae family.- Description :Polypodium vulgare, the common polypody, is a fern developing in isolation from along a horizontal rhizome. The fronds with triangular leaflets measure 10 to 50 centimetres...

, Polystichum lonchitis

Polystichum lonchitis

Polystichum lonchitis is a species of fern known by the common name northern holly fern, or simply holly fern. It is native to much of the Northern Hemisphere from Eurasia to Alaska to Greenland and south into mountainous central North America. It grows in moist, shady, rocky mountain habitat. This...

, Polystichum aculeatum

Polystichum aculeatum

Polystichum aculeatum is an evergreen fern native to Europe. It is most abundant in upland regions of the British Isles and western France, where it benefits from the combination of mild winters and moist summers, but also occurs more locally across most of Europe except northern Scandinavia,...

, and Polystichum setiferum

Polystichum setiferum

Polystichum setiferum is an evergreen or semi-evergreen fern native to southern and western Europe.-Distribution:...

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Other specimens include Aceras anthropophorum, Achillea barrelieri, Achillea oxyloba, Aquilegia magellensis, Arctostaphylos uva-ursi

Arctostaphylos uva-ursi

Arctostaphylos uva-ursi, with names for this species including Kinnikinnick and Pinemat manzanita, one of several related species referred to as Bearberry...

, Aubrieta columnae, Biarum tenuifolium, Centaurea scannensis, Centaurea tenoreana, Cistus creticus

Cistus creticus

Cistus creticus is a species of shrubby plant in the family Cistaceae. Though it usually has pink flowers, of 4.5-5 cm diameter, this species is very variable. It is widely known as a decorative plant.-Subtaxa:*Cistus creticus subsp. creticus...

, Cistus monspeliensis

Cistus monspeliensis

Cistus monspeliensis is a species of rockrose known by the common name Montpelier cistus. It is native to southern Europe and northern Africa, in the Mediterranean forests, woodlands, and scrub ecosystems of matorral—maquis shrublands.-Description:...

, Cistus salviifolius

Cistus salviifolius

Cistus salviifolius, common name Sage-leaved Rock Rose or Salvia Cistus, is a perennial ligneous plant of Cistaceae family.-Etymology:...

, Cymbalaria pallida, Drypis spinosa

Drypis spinosa

Drypis spinosa is a flowering plant species....

, Edraianthus graminifolius, Ferula glauca, Festuca dimorpha, Gagea granatelli, Galium magellense, Leontopodium alpinum, Ophrys carbonifera, Ophrys sphegodes

Ophrys sphegodes

Ophrys sphegodes, commonly known as the Early Spider Orchid, is a species of orchid found on alkaline meadows and waste land. It has a distribution that includes western and northern Europe extending to parts of southern England but may also be found as far east as Corfu and possibly also in...

, Orchis morio, Orchis pauciflora, Ranunculus magellensis, Romulea bulbocodium

Romulea bulbocodium

Romulea bulbocodium is one of the best-known species from the genus Romulea. The plant, a member of the Iridaceae family, is native to Europe and mainly the Mediterranean region. It has many varieties and is occasionally used as ornamental plant....

, Romulea columnae, Saponaria bellidifolia, Saxifraga porophylla, Sideritis italica, Soldanella alpina

Soldanella alpina

The alpine snowbell or blue moonwort, Soldanella alpina, is a member of the Primulaceae native to the Alps and Pyrenees.- External links :*...

, Soldanella minima, and Viola eugeniae.

The garden also contains two greenhouses with tropical and subtropical species, with many succulents and epiphyte

Epiphyte

An epiphyte is a plant that grows upon another plant non-parasitically or sometimes upon some other object , derives its moisture and nutrients from the air and rain and sometimes from debris accumulating around it, and is found in the temperate zone and in the...

s including Begonia

Begonia

Begonia is a genus in the flowering plant family Begoniaceae and is a perennial. The only other members of the family Begoniaceae are Hillebrandia, a genus with a single species in the Hawaiian Islands, and the genus Symbegonia which more recently was included in Begonia...

, Orchidaceae

Orchidaceae

The Orchidaceae, commonly referred to as the orchid family, is a morphologically diverse and widespread family of monocots in the order Asparagales. Along with the Asteraceae, it is one of the two largest families of flowering plants, with between 21,950 and 26,049 currently accepted species,...

, and Tillandsia

Tillandsia

Tillandsia is a genus of around 540 species in the Bromeliad family , found in the forests, mountains, and deserts, of Central and South America, and Mexico and the southern United States in North America....

, as well as Cinnamomum camphora, Kalanchoe beharensis

Kalanchoe beharensis

Kalanchoe beharensis is a plant species in the succulent genus Kalanchoe, and the family Crassulaceae, a morphologically diverse and systematically complex angiosperm family […] with characteristics such as leaf-succulent, usually herbaceous, and often [with] five-parted, radially symmetrical...

, Nepenthes phyllamphora, Piper nigrum, Stanhopea tigrina

Stanhopea tigrina

Stanhopea tigrina is a species of plant in the Orchidaceae family endemic to Mexico...

, etc.