Addition to a list of spontaneous flora of O. V. Fomin Botanic garden of Taras Schevchenko National University of Kyiv

Abstract

A list of spontaneous flora of O.V. Fomin Botanical Garden at Taras Schevchenko National University of Kyiv is added with 119 species from 94 genera, 40 families, 3 classes and 2 divisions according to results of floristic investigations arried out during 2009–2015. A majority of new species belongs to the families Asteraceae (19), Poaceae (15), Lamiaceae (9) and are mainly represented by the ergaziophytes. The studied species are distributed throughout transformed areas, paths, and chaps in the pavement. Large part of found species is distributed in the scientific part of the Botanical Garden only, near collection plots “Medical plants” and “Vascular plants system”. Thus, it was established that the Botanical Garden’s spontaneous flora counts 347 species from 223 genera, 67 families, 4 classes, 3 divisions. The received data will be used for practical implementation monitoring system of distribution of alien plants on the organisation’s territory. Also, the history of explorations of alien plants in the Botanical Garden was reviewed. The importance of program development and prevention of alien species invasions growing on the territories of the introduction centres was observed.

Keywords

• flora
• botanical garden
• alien plants
• invasion
• monitoring