La collezione storica dei modelli di strutture vegetali dell’Orto Botanico di Napoli

Models reproducing plant structures used for educational purposes at the Botanical Garden of Naples in the 19th century have been recently recovered from a state of partial abandonment, assembled and exposed. The models together with illustrative panels have been placed in showcases in the classrooms of the Botanical Garden of Naples and of the department of Biology at University of Naples Federico II. Moreover, models have been presented in a multimedia cd-rom that allows to improve their valorisation and fruition. For each species reproduced in the models, the cd-rom shows photos in the field of plants cultivated in the Botanical Garden of Naples. the images are accompanied by explanatory texts to make easier the understanding of the illustrated models and the identification of the plants.