History of Science and Engineering Annotation << Back Role of the Main Botanical Garden Named After N.V. Tsitsin of RAS in Preservation of a Genofund of Rare and Disappearing Plants Yu.N.Gorbunov, A.N. Shvetsov, V.G. Shatko The history of works of the Main botanical garden in the field of preservation of plants is observed. Works on studying and allocation of natural botanical territories short elucidated. The special attention is given to activity of the Commission on rare species of plants of Council of botanical gardens of the USSR and Russia, its role in coordination and methodical maintenance of works of botanical gardens of the country on conservation of a genofond of rare and endangerous plants in the conditions of culture is shown. Key words: protected natural territories; rare and endangerous plants; conservation of genofond ex situ. E-mail: gbsran@mail.ru; floramoscow@mail.ru