O. V. Fomin Botanical Garden of the Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv

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  • Name

    O. V. Fomin Botanical Garden of the Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv

  • Herbarium Code

    KWHU

  • Current Status

    Active

  • Correspondents

    Vitaliy Kolomiychuk, Deputy Director of the Botanical Garden, vkolomiychuk@ukr.net
    Vitaliya Didenko, Head of Museum of the Botanical Garden, vitaliiadidenko14@gmail.com

  • Contact

    [380] 677 33 11 54
    [380] 44 234 60 56
    Fax: [380] 044 2393190
    Email: vitaliiadidenko14@gmail.com; botsad_fomin@ukr.net

  • Address

    Herbarium
    O. V. Fomin Botanical Garden of the Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv
    1 Symon Petlura
    Kyiv 01032
    Ukraine

  • Specialty

    Taxonomic Coverage: All plant s.l. groups, including algae

    Geography: Ukraine; Eurasia, especially eastern Europe

  • Notes

    Updated Jan 2016 (general update). The herbarium was established between 1839 and 1845, but main part of its collections was passed to M.G. Kholodny Institute of Botany of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (KW) after the Second World War. Besides the herbarium collection was destroyed in 2002, and it has renewed to work since 2007.

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  • Number of Specimens

    85000

  •   Num. of Specimens Num. Databased Num. Imaged
    Algae
    Bryophytes
    Fungi/Lichens
    Pteridophytes
    Seed Plants
  • Date Founded

    2007

  • Updated

    05/11/2020

  • Associated Institution

    Associated garden: O. V. Fomin Botanical Garden of the Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv

  • Incorporated Herbaria

    The herbarium collection of the Department of Botany of the Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv (formal unregistered acronym KWU) comprising about 3,ooo vouchers has been incorporated to the KWHU in 2018.

  • Important Collectors

    C. Baenitz, L. Dibrova, W. W. Finn, K. Golde, V. Kazanovskij, J. Kleopow, A. Oxner, M. Peregrym, E. Polonski, N. Puring, A. Rogovich, I. Seleginskiy, A. Sokolowskiy, I. Symonenko, D. Syrejchikov, N. Zinger