National Herbarium of Ukraine
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The National Herbarium of Ukraine is a repository of plant specimens, in Kyiv, Ukraine. It was established in 1921 by Professor O. Fomin, who was its first curator.[1] It is now part of the M.G. Kholodny Institute of Botany, at the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine.[2]
Its collection of 2,040,000 specimens includes a number of type specimens, found both in Ukraine and elsewhere, by Ukrainian botanists.[1]
The herbarium is known by the short code KW, with specific sections being known as:[2]
- KW-A - Algotheca (algae)
- KW-B - Bryophytes
- KW-L - Lichens
- KW-M - Mycology herbarium (fungi and fungus-like organisms)
- KW-P - Palynotheca (pollen)
In October 2022, during the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the herbarium was damaged by a Russian missile strike.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Shiyan, Natalia M; Korniyenko, Olga M; Mosyakin, Sergei L (2012). "National Herbarium of Ukraine (KW)". doi:10.13140/RG.2.1.2809.3843.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ^ a b "Herbarium Details - M.G. Kholodny Institute of Botany, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine". The William & Lynda Steere Herbarium. Retrieved 12 October 2022.
- ^ Research Group Biodiversity and Evolution of Plants, University of Oldenburg [@AlbachLab] (11 October 2022). "Senseless #missile attack on the National #Herbarium of #Ukraine (KW). Fortunately, nobody injured and no irreversible loss of specimens. But so many other senseless attacks caused loss of lives and homes. [...]" (Tweet). Retrieved 12 October 2022 – via Twitter.
