Missouri Botanical Garden

Missouri Botanical Garden
View of the Missouri Botanical Garden Climatron from the Central Axis area in 2023.
Missouri Botanical Garden is located in St. Louis
Missouri Botanical Garden
Missouri Botanical Garden is located in Missouri
Missouri Botanical Garden
Missouri Botanical Garden is located in the United States
Missouri Botanical Garden
LocationSt. Louis, Missouri
Coordinates38°36′45″N 90°15′35″W / 38.61250°N 90.25972°W / 38.61250; -90.25972
Built1859
ArchitectMultiple
Architectural styleLate Victorian
NRHP reference No.71001065[1]
Significant dates
Added to NRHPNovember 19, 1971
Designated NHLDDecember 8, 1976[2]
The Kresko Victorian Garden at the Missouri Botanical Garden, a highly manicured garden.
The Climatron greenhouse at the Missouri Botanical Garden simulates the climate of a rainforest for conservational and educational purposes.

The Missouri Botanical Garden is a botanical garden located at 4344 Shaw Boulevard in St. Louis, Missouri. It is also known informally as Shaw's Garden for founder and philanthropist Henry Shaw. Its herbarium, with more than 6.6 million specimens,[3] is the second largest in North America, behind that of the New York Botanical Garden. The Index Herbariorum code assigned to the herbarium is MO[4] and it is used when citing housed specimens.

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  3. ^ "Herbarium". Missouri Botanical Garden. Retrieved October 16, 2017.
  4. ^ "Index Herbariorum". Steere Herbarium, New York Botanical Garden. Retrieved November 27, 2021.