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Collection: Botanical Garden

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Mainz University Botanic Garden is a scientifically curated collection of living plants. Its mission is to serve university research, student teaching and to inform the general public in many ways. The Botanic Garden cultivates a broad spectrum of plant diversity. Its collections are fully transparent and digitally accessible. They are in accordance with national and international conventions on the protection and sustainable use of biological diversity. \nCurrently, the Garden's collections encompasses 8283 plant species and horticultural varieties belonging to 2567 genera and 301 families from all over the world. The Garden mission is to contribute to the research and conservation of plant diversity and to display the amazing diversity of plant life. \nThe 5407 photos currently included in the Garden Explorer were all taken from plants in the Botanic Garden.\nThe focal points of the collections are the large arboretum, which is one of the most species-rich collections of woody plants in Germany, a near-natural replica of the Mainz sand flora, European steppe plants, and the large systematic section, in which the plants are grouped according to relationship criteria based on molecular phylogenetic trees. In the greenhouse section, special attention is paid to tropical useful plants.