ІСТОРИЧНА ГЕРБАРНА КОЛЕКЦІЯ В. М. ЧЕРНЯЄВА В ГЕРБАРІЇ УМАНСЬКОГО НАЦІОНАЛЬНОГО УНІВЕРСИТЕТУ САДІВНИЦТВА (UM)
Authors: Mamchur T. V. 
Published: December 2022

The article describes the contribution of the famous Ukrainian scientist Vasyl Matviyovych Chernyaev to the science of botany and the development of herbarium. Biographical data are given.

Among the funds of Herbarium (UM) of the students of Uman School of Agriculture and Horticulture (the successor is Uman National University of Horticulture) is a valuable historical collection of exicates Herbarium Florae Rossicae (1897–1907). It was established that the collection of exicates includes 1920 herbarium specimens (h. s.), the students of the school were included in the serial issues and they presented the flora of Uman region (Kyiv prov.). There is also a collection of excerpts the famous German florist, collector lichenologist, mycologist and bryologist L. G. Rabenhosta (181 h. s., dated 1801, 1803) and V. M. Chernyaev (29 h. s., 1860, 1864). The processed collections of dendroflora from V. M Chernyaev are represented by ten families of the Angiosperms division: Anacardiaceae, Betulaceae, Cornaceae, Fagaceae, Moraceae, Rhamnaceae, Rosaceae, Salicaceae, Sapindaceae. Among them are species Morus alba L., Quercus robur L., Rhamnus cathartica L., which belong to plants with medicinal properties (Hb. medic. Hipp. Cerniaew).

According to the archival materials of the University Museum and rare old prints of the library, it has been established that the preserved historical collection was а part of "The Main Herbarium of Uman School of Agriculture and Horticulture" and served as material in training of gardeners to study Botany and Ornamental Gardening.

The historical milestones of the scientific life of the famous scientist, who created botanical courses during the period of his work, was the head of the botanical garden of Kharkiv University and improved the herbarium, were studied. His herbarium collections, which is now stored in herbarium institutions (CWU, KW, MSUD), were purchased to the educational institutions or, probably, they were a gift from a naturalist.

In the herbarium collections of V. M. Chernyaev, according to the processed labels, the place of plant growth is not indicated, but only the years, taxa and the name of the collector. Therefore, it should be assumed that the collection is focused on study of the flora of Kharkiv region (1860, 1864) during the period of retirement.

The taxonomic affiliation of herbarium collections is arranged in alphabetical order of taxa and checked according to the modern botanical nomenclature "World Flora Online", as some names are synonymous or absent, and currently have no official recognition. The primary database was created, the inventory number was assigned, the sheets were certified with a stamp with the title (Scientific Herbarium of Uman National University of Horticulture (UM), registered in 2016 in the international database Index Herbariorum (New York).

Therefore, the scientific herbarium of Uman National University of Horticulture (UM) with its historical collections deserves the attention and can rightfully take a place among the leading herbariums of Ukraine.