Home – Home – Jornals – Flora and Vegetation of Asian Russia 2023 number 4

During the inventory of collections stored in the Herbaries of the CSBG SB RAS (NS, NSK), 3724 specimens of the genus Galium (Rubiaceae) were digitized and deposited in the Digital Herbarium. In the Herbarium named after I.M. Krasnoborov (NS), the genus Galium is represented by 2023 specimens, and in the Herbarium named after M.G. Popov (NSK) - 1700 specimens, a total of 88 taxa containing 78 species, 7 subspecies, 2 variations and 1 hybrid. The digitization results were published as a dataset (datacet) in the GBIF. A brief history of taxonomic study of collections of the genus Galium is given, typical and authentic materials of 3 species stored in the Herbaries of the CSBG (NS, NSK) are given. Information about the main collectors of the genus Galium of the NS and NSK herbarium collections is presented. The significance of the herbarium collections NS, NSK in solving a number of taxonomic issues, application for chorological analysis and study of the biodiversity of species of the genus Galium is shown. It is noted that the species G. paradoxum, G. triflorum, G. odoratum are relics of tertiary broadleaf forests and are included in the regional Red Books. In the Herbaries of the CSBG, the Galium collection is represented by 29 countries in Europe, Asia and North America. The largest number of herbarium samples have been collected in Russia (3253 specimens), the USA (60), Mongolia (46), the Republic of Kazakhstan (26), Ukraine (17).