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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 ...

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Osaka City University , abbreviated to , is a public university in Japan. It is located in Sumiyoshi-ku, Osaka. It is one of the most prestigious universities in Japan regarding Applied Linguistics. The university will merge with Osaka Prefecture University to form ...

. They are near the Keihan- Kisaichi Station,

Katano, Osaka 260px, Katano City Hall is a city located in Osaka Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 77,401 in 33417 households and a population density of 3000 persons per km2. The total area of the city is . Geography Katano is loc ...

, Japan and open to the public. The gardens were established in 1950 and contain about 4500

species In biology, a species is the basic unit of classification and a taxonomic rank of an organism, as well as a unit of biodiversity. A species is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate s ...

from around the world, including more than 1,000 species native to Japan. They also contain representatives of 11 Japanese forest types. The gardens'

maple ''Acer'' () is a genus of trees and shrubs commonly known as maples. The genus is placed in the family Sapindaceae.Stevens, P. F. (2001 onwards). Angiosperm Phylogeny Website. Version 9, June 2008 nd more or less continuously updated since http ...

collection includes '' Acer insulare'', '' A. pictum (mono)'', '' A. japonicum'', '' A. sieboldianum'', '' A. rufinerve'', '' A. nipponicum'', '' A. pycnanthum'', '' A. carpinifolium'' and '' A. amoenum''. Research accomplishments include discovery of the fossil genus

Metasequoia ''Metasequoia'', or dawn redwoods, is a genus of fast-growing deciduous trees, one of three species of conifers known as redwoods. The living species '' Metasequoia glyptostroboides'' is native to Lichuan county in Hubei province, China. Althou ...

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Shigeru Miki Shigeru (written: , , , in hiragana or in katakana) is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include: *, a Japanese architect *, a Japanese voice actor *, Japanese karateka *, Japanese sport wrestler *, Japanese socialist ...

, as well as ongoing activities in systematics, ecology, physiology, genetics, horticulture, and dendrology.

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Official web page (Japanese)

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