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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. It is now part of the M.G. Kholodny Institute of Botany, at the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine.
Its collection of 2,040,000 specimens includes a number of type specimens, found both in Ukraine and elsewhere, by Ukrainian botanists.
The herbarium is known by the short code KW, with specific sections being known as:
- 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.
References
- ^ Shiyan, Natalia M; Korniyenko, Olga M; Mosyakin, Sergei L (2012). "National Herbarium of Ukraine (KW)". doi:10.13140/RG.2.1.2809.3843.
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(help) - ^ "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 (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.