Ganna Boiko (Ганна Володимирівна Бойко)
Present positions Senior Researcher; M.G. Kholodny Institute of Botany, National Academy of Sciences (NAS) of Ukraine. Deputy Head of the Vascular Plants Department (Systematics and Floristics of Vascular Plants), M.G. Kholodny Institute of Botany, NAS of Ukraine; Associate Editor, Ukrainian Botanical Journal (since 2015).
Scientific Title / Scientific Degrees Senior Researcher Fellow (Botany), 2015; Doctor (Candidate of Biological Sciences / PhD), 2012. Institution of degree: M.G. Kholodny Institute of Botany, NAS of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine.
Main scientific interests: Genus Artemisia on the worldwide basis; taxonomic studies of various representatives of family Asteraceae; herbarium management and curation; historical herbarium collection; digitization activities of type specimens at the National Herbarium of Ukraine (KW); flora of Ukraine (taxonomy and nomenclature of vascular plants); biodiversity conservation; invasive alien species; management of scientific publications.
Professional experience Professional career (positions) 1998 – Graduated magna cum laude, Donetsk State University (now Vasyl Stus Donetsk National University), Department of Biology; Specialization: “Biologist, Botanist, Teacher of biology and chemistry”; 1995-1998 – Postgraduate student, Donetsk Botanical Garden, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine; Thesis “The genus Artemisia L. (Asteraceae) in the flora of Ukraine” (Candidate of Biological Sciences / PhD); 1999-2000 – Plant Engineer, Donetsk Botanical Garden, NAS of Ukraine; 2000-2011 – Research Assistant, Donetsk Botanical Garden, NAS of Ukraine; 2012 – Researcher, Donetsk Botanical Garden, NAS of Ukraine; 2013-2014 – Senior Researcher, Donetsk Botanical Garden, NAS of Ukraine; 2014-present – Senior Researcher, Vascular Plants Department (Systematics and Floristics of Vascular Plants), M.G. Kholodny Institute of Botany, NAS of Ukraine.
Participant and responsible investigator for several projects on floristics, taxonomy, inventory and conservation of plant biodiversity in Ukraine; alien plants; digitization of historical herbarium collections; etc.
Participation in the projects Preparation of the Red Data Book of Ukraine (2009), Red Data Book of Donetsk Region (2010, also management and participation in scientific editing); Red Data Book of Luhansk Region (2013); IUCN Red List categories of vascular plant species of the Ukrainian flora (2022); Project on Management of the State Cadastre of Plants of Ukraine (2019, coordinated by the Ministry of Environmental Protection and Natural Resources of Ukraine); Projects on digitization of unique herbarium collections at the KW and DNZ herbaria (2014, 2015, sponsored by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation) within the framework of the Global Plants Initiative; Trilateral projects on evolution and hybridization of Veronica in Eurasia (2018-2020, supported by the Volkswagen Foundation); Bilateral project on the patterns of diversity in forest understory plants across Eurasia (2021-2024, supported by the Volkswagen Foundation); Ukrainian-Chinese research project on taxonomic assessment and digitization of Artemisia type specimens in the globally important herbarium of Ukraine – KW-BESSER (2022–2023, managed and coordinated by the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine).
Editorships Associate Editor, Ukrainian Botanical Journal (since 2015); Member of the Editorial Board of Industrial Botany (2011-2014).
Professional activities Vice President, Ukrainian Botanical Society (2017-2024); Co-curator of the Herbarium of the Donetsk Botanical Garden, NAS of Ukraine (DNZ) (until 2014).
Professional awards and distinctions: The first place in the All-Ukrainian competition of student scientific works (1995); Soros postgraduate individual grant (1998); Honorary Diplomas of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Department of General Biology (2012, 2018, 2021).
Selected recent publications Rosche C., Broennimann O., Novikov A., Mrázová V., Boiko G.V., Danihelka J., Gastner M.T., Guisan A., Kožić K., Lehnert M., Müller-Schärer H., Nagy D.U., Remelgado R., Ronikier M., Selke J.A., Shiyan N.M., Suchan T., Thoma A.E., Zdvořák P., Mráz P. 2025. Herbarium specimens reveal a cryptic invasion of polyploid Centaurea stoebe in Europe. New Phytologist 245(1), 392−405. https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.20212 Boiko G.B., Jiao B.H., Liu Y.F. 2025. Nomenclatural comments on the authorship and orthography of Besserʼs Seriphidium (currently Artemisia, Asteraceae). Botanica 31(3), 104–108. https://doi.org/10.35513/Botlit.2025.3.2 Mosyakin S.L. Antonenko S.I., Boiko G.V. 2025. Holotypes of three Turczaninow’s species names in Malvaceae s. str. rediscovered at the National Herbarium of Ukraine (KW), with nomenclatural comments. Hacquetia. Published online 2025. Hayova V.P., Boiko G.V., Mosyakin S.L. 2024. Toward the Madrid Code: nomenclatural proposals of Ukrainian botanists. Ukrainian Botanical Journal 81(5): 374−380. https://doi.org/10.15407/ukrbotj81.05.374 Hayova V.P., Boiko G.V., Mosyakin S.L. 2023. (221) Proposal to add a new Recommendation after Article 38, with the advice to report local/indigenous vernacular names (if available) of new taxa and to use such names, if appropriate, in scientific nomenclature. Taxon 72(2): 455–455. https://doi.org/10.1002/tax.12907 Boiko G.V., Antonenko S.I., Mosyakin S.L. 2023. The genus Artemisia (Asteraceae) in the historical collection of W. Besser (KW-BESS) at the National Herbarium of Ukraine (KW). Ukrainian Botanical Journal 80(5): 439–452. https://doi.org/10.15407/ukrbotj80.06.439 Onyshchenko V.A., Mosyakin S.L., Korotchenko I.A., Danylyk I.M., Burlaka M.D., Fedoronchuk M.M., Chorney I.I., Kish R.Y., Olshanskyi I.H., Shiyan N.M., Zhygalova S.L., Tymchenko I.A., Kolomiychuk V.P., Novikov A.V., Boiko G.V., Shevera M.V., Protopopova V.V. 2022. IUCN Red List categories of vascular plant species of the Ukrainian flora. Ed. V.A. Onyshchnko. Kyiv: FOP Huliaeva V.M., 198 pp. Verloove F., Mosyakin S.L., Boiko G.V. 2021. Artemisia verlotiorum Lamotte (Anthemideae, Asteraceae), an invasive alien from the South African list of prohibited plants, is already present in South Africa. Adansonia 43(11): 117–123. https://doi.org/10.5252/adansonia2021v43a11 Rasevich V.V., Didukh Ya.P., Daciuk V.V., Boiko G.V. 2021. Dispersal of Opuntia humifusa (Cactaceae) in the continental part of Ukraine. Ukrainian Botanical Journal 78(1): 62–68. [In Ukrainian]. https://doi.org/10.15407/ukrbotj78.01.062 Mosyakin S.L., Boiko G.V., Korotchenko I.A. 2020. (2781) Proposal to conserve the name Stipa ucrainica P.A. Smirn. against S. ucranica Roem. & Schult. (Poaceae / Gramineae). Taxon, 69(6): 1362–1363. https://doi.org/10.1002/tax.12395 Mosyakin S.L., McNeill J., Boiko G.V. 2019. Comments on proper type designation for names of taxa validated by Turczaninow in his Animadversiones, with case studies. Ukrainian Botanical Journal 76(5): 379–389. https://doi.org/10.15407/ukrbotj76.05.379 Mosyakin S.L., Verloove F., Boiko G.V. 2018. The correct authorship and nomenclature of Artemisia umbrosa (Asteraceae), with comments on some misapplied names and distribution of the species in Eastern Europe. Ukrainian Botanical Journal, 75(3): 213–229. https://doi.org/10.15407/ukrbotj75.03.213 Mosyakin S.L., Boiko G.V., Verloove F. 2018. A corrected lectotypification of Artemisia umbrosa (= A. vulgaris var. umbrosa, Asteraceae). Ukrainian Botanical Journal, 75(4): 335–337. https://doi.org/10.15407/ukrbotj75.04.335 Boiko G.V., Korniyenko O.M., Mosyakin S.L. 2018. New nomenclatural combinations for taxa of Pentanema (Asteraceae) occurring in Ukraine. Ukrainian Botanical Journal 75(5): 436–440. https://doi.org/10.15407/ukrbotj75.05.436 Mosyakin S.L., Shultz L.M., Boiko G.V. 2017. Nuttall’s species of Sphaeromeria transferred to Artemisia (Asteraceae): a new combination and comments on typifications. Phytotaxa 308(1): 125–130. https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.308.1.12 Mosyakin S.L., Boiko G.V., Verloove F. 2017. Lectotypification of Artemisia mongolica (= A. vulgaris var. mongolica, Asteraceae). Phytotaxa 297(3): 257–264. https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.297.3.4 Mosyakin S.L., Shultz L., Boiko G.V. 2017. Types of sagebrush updated (Artemisia subg. Tridentatae, Asteraceae): miscellaneous comments and additional specimens from the Besser and Turczaninov memorial herbaria (KW). Phytoneuron 25: 1–20. Available at: Mosyakin S.L., Shultz L.M., Boiko G.V. 2017. Nuttall’s species of Sphaeromeria transferred to Artemisia (Asteraceae): a new combination and comments on typifications. Phytotaxa 308(1): 125–130. https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.308.1.12 Шиян Н.М., Бойко Г.В. 2016. Типи таксонів роду Euphorbia (Euphorbiaceae), описаних із території України, що зберігаються у національному гербарії України (KW). Український ботанічний журнал, 73(5): 516–521. https://doi.org/10.15407/ukrbotj73.05.516 Бурда Р.І., Пашкевич Н.А., Бойко Г.В., Фіцайло Т.В. Чужорідні види природоохоронних флор Лісостепу України. – К.: Наукова думка, 2015. – 124 с. Бойко Г.В. Види роду Artemisia L. в адвентивному елементі флори України // Синантропізація рослинного покриву України: тези наукових доповідей (Переяслав-Хмельницький, 27–28 квітня 2006 р.). – К.; Переяслав-Хмельницький, 2006. – С. 22–24.
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