Locust of Square René-Viviani
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| Locust of square René-Viviani | |
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 Interactive map of Locust of square René-Viviani | |
| Species | Robinia pseudoacacia |
| Location | 5th arrondissement of Paris |
| Coordinates | 48°51′8.0″N 2°20′50.3″E / 48.852222°N 2.347306°E |
| Height | 11 m (36 ft) |
| Girth | 3.85 m (12.6 ft) |
| Date seeded | 1601 |
The locust of the square René-Viviani is a French remarkable tree located in the square René-Viviani in the 5th arrondissement of Paris. Planted in 1601, it is the oldest tree in Paris.[1]
This Robinia pseudoacacia (often wrongly called an "acacia") was sown in 1601 by the French botanist Jean Robin (1550–1629).[2]
Linnaeus gave this name in tribute to the botanist of king Louis XIII. Robin received seeds from the Appalachian Mountains by the British naturalist John Tradescant the Elder (1570–1638).[1] Robin sowed several locusts in Paris. One of them in 1601 on the place Dauphine, but this tree was destroyed. A sprout of this tree was planted by his son Vespasien Robin on the Jardin des Plantes in Paris in 1636 and is still alive.
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