Охорона рослин ex situ у відділі природної флори Національного ботанічного саду імені М.М. Гришка НАН України

• Date: 2026
• Author Affiliations: Viktor Melnyk — M.M. Gryshko National Botanical Garden, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Sadovo-Botanichna str. 1, 01014 Kyiv, Ukraine; National University of Kyiv Mohyla Academy, H. Skovorody str. 2, 04070 Kyiv, Ukraine; Mykola Gaponenko — M.M. Gryshko National Botanical Garden, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Sadovo-Botanichna str. 1, 01014 Kyiv, Ukraine; Alla Gnatiuk — M.M. Gryshko National Botanical Garden, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Sadovo-Botanichna str. 1, 01014 Kyiv, Ukraine; Victoria Gritsenko — M.M. Gryshko National Botanical Garden, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Sadovo-Botanichna str. 1, 01014 Kyiv, Ukraine; Svitlana Didenko — M.M. Gryshko National Botanical Garden, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Sadovo-Botanichna str. 1, 01014 Kyiv, Ukraine; Olexandr Baransky — M.M. Gryshko National Botanical Garden, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Sadovo-Botanichna str. 1, 01014 Kyiv, Ukraine; Olexandr Levon — M.M. Gryshko National Botanical Garden, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Sadovo-Botanichna str. 1, 01014 Kyiv, Ukraine; Julia Negrash — M.M. Gryshko National Botanical Garden, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Sadovo-Botanichna str. 1, 01014 Kyiv, Ukraine; Natalia Kushnir — M.M. Gryshko National Botanical Garden, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Sadovo-Botanichna str. 1, 01014 Kyiv, Ukraine; Yuriy Solonenchenko — M.M. Gryshko National Botanical Garden, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Sadovo-Botanichna str. 1, 01014 Kyiv, Ukraine; Yevheniia Konakh — M.M. Gryshko National Botanical Garden, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Sadovo-Botanichna str. 1, 01014 Kyiv, Ukraine; Oleksandr Shynder — M.M. Gryshko National Botanical Garden, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Sadovo-Botanichna str. 1, 01014 Kyiv, Ukraine
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• Main Authors: Melnyk, Viktor, Gaponenko, Mykola, Gnatiuk, Alla, Gritsenko, Victoria, Didenko, Svitlana, Baransky, Olexandr, Levon, Olexandr, Negrash, Julia, Kushnir, Natalia, Solonenchenko, Yuriy, Konakh, Yevheniia, Shynder, Oleksandr
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: M.M. Gryshko National Botanical Garden of the NAS of Ukraine 2026
• Online Access: https://www.plantintroduction.org/index.php/pi/article/view/1703
• Journal Title: Plant Introduction

The study analyzes the experience of introduction and ex situ protection of rare and endangered plant species within the Department of Natural Flora of the M.M. Gryshko National Botanical Garden of the NAS of Ukraine. A new method for ex situ floristic protection based on population modeling in forest and steppe phytocoenoses is proposed.National Botanical Garden (NBG) is the center of ex situ plant protection in Ukraine. Its collection of rare and endangered species, located on 53 hectares within the Department of Natural Flora, is the richest in Ukraine. The plants are cultivated on various phytogeographical plots, including “Lowland Forests of Ukraine”, “Steppes of Ukraine”, “Ukrainian Carpathians”, “Crimea”, “Caucasus”, “Central Asia” “Altai”, “Far East” as well as on the specialized plot “Rare Plants of the Flora of Ukraine.” The collection was established to represent species facing a high risk of extinction in their natural habitats. Of great value are several narrowly distributed Ukrainian endemics, species known from the margins of their geographical ranges or known from single localities, all of which are preserved in this living collection.An important aspect of ex situ plant protection is modeling the populations of rare and endangered species. The unique 80-year-old cultivated forest and steppe phytocoenoses in the NBG closely resemble natural vegetation and provide suitable habitats for many rare and endangered species, forming stable homeostatic introductive populations. The unique achievement of the Department of Natural Flora of the NBG demonstrates the strong potential of plant population modeling for restoring natural ecosystems disturbed by military activities.