Plant Systematics

The plant systematics section located between the main gate of the Botanical Garden and its principal greenhouse helps visitors get their bearings in the complicated plant kingdom. The plants there are grouped based on their falling into one of two classes: to the right of the foot path, monocotyledonous plants, and to the left, dicotyledonous ones.

Visitors can see close to 1300 species belonging to 95 families of herbaceous flowering species that come from different geographical regions and are hardy enough to survive in Estonia's climate. Plant systematics is a section that was created on the initiative of Director Moritz Willkomm in 1870 and that still occupies its original site.

The shape pattern of the beds has remained unchanged since 1909, with dicotyledonous plants sited by family groups. In the first half of the 20th century, monocotyledonous plants were moved on the beds located on the right of the principal foot path and distributed among the beds based on their geographical provenance.