Hidden herbarium treasures in a wartime Kyiv: An appeal for international collaboration, digital preservation, and support

作者：Sergei L. Mosyakin, Dirk C. Albach, G.V. Boiko, N.M. Shiyan, Peter J. de Lange, J Kellermann, John McNeill, Peter H. Raven, Filip Verloove, Svitlana I. Antonenko · 发表于：Taxon · 年份：2026 · DOI：10.1002/tax.70158 · 被引用次数：1 · 研究领域：Bryophyte Studies and Records、Botany and Plant Ecology Studies、Environmental and Biological Research in Conflict Zones

Abstract The article provides updated information about the collections and current research and curatorial activities of the National Herbarium of Ukraine (KW) housed in the M.G. Kholodny Institute of Botany of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine in Kyiv. With its ca. 2,300,000 specimens, the KW herbarium is the second‐largest collection of plants and fungi in eastern Europe. In terms of the number of specimens, it ranks 30th among the world's herbaria and 23rd among the herbaria of Europe. After its formal establishment in 1921, the herbarium incorporated several large herbaria from the universities of Kyiv and Kharkiv, including important 19th‐century collections of W.S.J.G. Besser, A. Andrzejowski, A.S. Rogowicz, I.F. Schmalhausen, and particularly the globally important herbarium of N.S. Turczaninow. The 20th‐century collections of O.V. Fomin, J. Paczoski, V.I. Lipsky, E.I. Bordzilowski, M.V. Klokov, M.I. Kotov, and many others greatly enriched the KW herbarium, especially well documenting the flora and mycobiota of all regions of Ukraine, from the Carpathians in the west to the Donets Ridge in the east, and from the Polissia forests and Prypiat wetlands in the north to the steppes and the Crimean Mountains in the south. The continued war against Ukraine poses severe threats to the KW collections, its holding institution, and its staff. “Digital preservation” of the valuable specimens through their large‐scale digitization and data sharing with researchers worldw...