The Jardin botanique de Cayenne is a
botanical garden
A botanical garden or botanic gardenThe 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, an ...
located at the end of the Avenue Charles de Gaulle, adjacent to the university, in
Cayenne,
French Guiana
French Guiana ( or ; french: link=no, Guyane ; gcr, label=French Guianese Creole, Lagwiyann ) is an overseas department/region and single territorial collectivity of France on the northern Atlantic coast of South America in the Guianas. ...
. The garden measures 3 hectares.
Although the Conseil Général de la Guyane states that the garden, formerly the ''Jardin du Roi'' (King's Garden), was established in 1879,
there are earlier references to a botanical garden in Cayenne. It now contains a statue of politician
Gaston Monnerville (1897-1991).
See also
*
List of botanical gardens in France
This list of botanical gardens in France is intended to contain all significant botanical gardens and arboretums in France.
Ain
* Arboretum de Cormoranche sur Saône, Cormoranche-sur-Saône
* Parc botanique de la Teyssonnière, Buellas
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References
Conseil Général de la Guyane - EnvironnementConseil Général de la Guyane - Jardin botanique de CayenneCulture.fr entry (French)*
Cayenne
Cayenne, Jardin botanique de
Cayenne, Jardin botanique de
Natural history of French Guiana
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