What is Jardin des Plantes?
[[File:Serre cactees JdP.jpg|thumb|right|250px|The Mexican [[greenhouse|Hothouse]] built (1834–36) by [[Charles Rohault de Fleury]], an early example of French glass and metal [[architecture]]]] The '''Jardin des Plantes''' is the main [[botany|botanical]] garden in [[France]]. It is one of seven departments of the [[Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle]]. It is on the left bank of the [[river Seine]] and covers 28 [[hectare]]s (280,000 m²). There is a school there that trains people to be [[botanist]]s respecting [[biodiversity]]. There is a [[zoo]] in the Jardin that was started during the [[French Revolution]] from the animals at [[Versailles]]. The garden was started in 1626. It was used in 1640 to grow medicinal [[herbs]] for the king. Among directors, [[Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon|Comte de Buffon]] expanded it greatly. [[Jean-Baptiste de Lamarck]], Chair of Botany, changed its name from ''Jardin du Roi'' to ''Jardin des Plantes'' during the [[French Revolution]]. It helped not to have the name linked to the king. [[File:Jardin des plantes de Paris - OpenStreetMap 2020.svg|600px|thumb|center|Jardin des plantes de Paris]] == Gallery == <center> <gallery heights=200px widths=200px perrow=3> Image:Jardin des plantes.jpg|Plan of the Jardin des Plantes from 1820 |Map of the ''Jardin des Plantes'' File:Poncirus trifoliata 1 JdP.jpg|A fruiting tree of oranges </gallery> </center> == Other websites == {{commons category|Jardin des plantes de Paris}} * [http://www.mnhn.fr/museum/foffice/tous/tous/guidePratique/lieuxVisiter/LieuxAVisiter/FLieuAVisiter.xsp?i=1&nav=liste&INFO_ID=21&SITE_ID=10&AE_ID=214&LIEU_ID=158&idx=6&MAN_ID=273 Official site] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131126132736/http://www.mnhn.fr/museum/foffice/tous/tous/guidePratique/lieuxVisiter/LieuxAVisiter/FLieuAVisiter.xsp?i=1&idx=6&AE_ID=214&SITE_ID=10&nav=liste&MAN_ID=273&LIEU_ID=158&INFO_ID=21 |date=2013-11-26 }} {{in lang|fr}} {{France-stub}} [[Category:Botanical gardens in Europe]] [[Category:Zoos]] [[Category:Park