History of Science and Engineering Annotation << Back LABORATORY OF NATURAL FLORA OF THE MAIN BOTANICAL GARDENS THEM. N.V. TSITSIN RAS – THE RESULTS OF SCIENTIFIC ACTIVITY A.N. Shvetsov, M.V. Shustov The results of the 73-year experiment on introduction of the natural flora of the territories of the former USSR in the climatic conditions of Moscow, development of theoretical bases and methods of introduction of plants of the natural flora, the conservation of rare, endangered and protected plant species ex situ, and other results of scientifi c research and experimental work of the natural flora laboratory of the Main Botanic garden named after N.V. Tsitsin RAS are presented in the article. Keywords: plant introduction; natural flora; rare and endangered plants; repatriation of plants; Moscow; natural flora laboratory of the Main Botanical garden named after N.V. Tsitsin RAS. DOI: 10.25791/intstg.11.2018.278 Contacts: E-mail: floramoscow@mail.ru Pp. 27-43.