Pharmaceutical Botany Collection

Dating back to the first cataloged nucleus in 1876, the collection encompasses approximately 9,000 specimens of Sardinian, Sarawak, and Madagascan flora, along with numerous medicinal plants.

The origin of a tradition of Pharmaceutical Botany in Sardinian Universities dates back to the years 1764-65. A notable example is Giuseppe Giacomo Paglietti's "Pharmacopea Sardoa," the proto-medical of the Kingdom, printed in Cagliari in 1773.

In Sassari, a Botanical Garden (or Garden of simples, intended for the cultivation of medicinal plants) was located near the Castle. The first true scientifically-oriented Botanical Garden was established in 1902 in an area near the present-day Via Paoli.

Achille Terracciano played a crucial role in the organization and enhancement of the garden, later succeeded by Augusto Béguinot, who contributed with the construction of greenhouses, tanks, internal partitions, and the acquisition and exchange of numerous varieties of seeds and plants. However, in 1928, this space, not owned by the university, was abandoned in favor of the new Garden on Via Muroni.

The Historical Herbarium of the Department of Chemistry and Pharmacy (international code SASSA), comprising about 9,000 specimens, includes samples from the flora of Sardinia, Sarawak, Madagascar, and numerous medicinal plants. The specimens were collected around the first cataloged nucleus in 1876 by Maurizio Reviglio.

In 1914, the Moris Herbarium was acquired: a collection of 1,692 samples gathered from 1815 in Sardinia by the Piedmontese scholar Giuseppe Giacinto Moris, author of the renowned "Flora Sardoa" (1837-1859).