Estudo Fitogeográfico do Jardim Braancamp Freire (Lisboa)

PHYTOGEOGRAPHICAL STUDY OF BRAANCAMP FREIRE GARDEN (LISBON)- Braancamp Freire garden is a garden that was built at the turn of the century in a large square called Campo dos Mártires da Pátria, in the center of Lisbon. All the year round it is visited and used by the residents of the surrounding areas, because is sheltered in winter, and cool and full of shade, in summer. 76% of its 104 cultivated taxa are evergreen and are included in 52 families. The floristic listing of the garden is located at the end of the text. For a small square garden it presents a high value of floristic density - 46 taxa/ha, dominated by trees (43,3%). A few trees are considered individuals of public interest. The taxa of this garden originate in the 7 phytogeographical kingdoms and 13 regions; particularly frequent are those coming from the Mediterranean region (20%) and East Asia (China, Korea, Japan and Taiwan, 20%). Hybrids and cultivars are also frequent (16,4%), as it occurs in other modern gardens.