The Jardin des plantes, also known as the Jardin des plantes de Paris when distinguished from other jardins des plantes in other cities, is the main botanical garden in France. The term Jardin des plantes is the official name in the present day, but it is in fact an elliptical form of Jardin royal des plantes médicinales, which is related to the original purpose of the garden back in the 17th century.
The exterior of the Grande galerie de l'Évolution ('Gallery of Evolution'). Drawing plans by architect Louis-Jules André, 1889, when it still was named Galerie de Zoologie ('Gallery of Zoology').
Statue of Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon in the formal garden
The Sophora Jussieu, planted by Buffon in the garden in 1747
The Jardin des Plantes and Menagerie in 1842
A botanical garden or botanic garden is a garden with a documented collection of living plants for the purpose of scientific research, conservation, display, and education. It is their mandate as a botanical garden that plants are labelled with their botanical names. It may contain specialist plant collections such as cacti and other succulent plants, herb gardens, plants from particular parts of the world, and so on; there may be glasshouses or shadehouses, again with special collections such as tropical plants, alpine plants, or other exotic plants that don't grow natively within that region.
Orto botanico di Pisa operated by the University of Pisa: the first university botanic garden in Europe, established in 1544 under botanist Luca Ghini, it was relocated in 1563 and again in 1591.
Royal Botanical Garden of Madrid, Madrid, Spain
The New Brunswick Botanical Garden, Canada
Seiwa-en Japanese Garden, Missouri Botanical Garden, US