National Herbarium of Ukraine explained

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.

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.^[3]

Notes and References

1. Shiyan . Natalia M . Korniyenko . Olga M . Mosyakin . Sergei L . National Herbarium of Ukraine (KW) . 2012 . 10.13140/RG.2.1.2809.3843.
2. Web site: Herbarium Details - M.G. Kholodny Institute of Botany, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine . The William & Lynda Steere Herbarium . 12 October 2022.
3. Research Group Biodiversity and Evolution of Plants, University of Oldenburg . AlbachLab. 1579793173534347264 . 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. [...] . 12 October 2022 .