Collection fund of species and cultivars of plants Nigella l. genus in M.M. Gryshko National botanical garden of NAS of Ukraine

A review of domestic and foreign literature, electronic resources on the origin, distribution and directions of use of plants of the Nigella genus was carried out. The results of the long-term introduction and selection work carried out in the of cultural flora department of the M.M. Gryshko National Botanical Garden in the context of the creation of a collection fund of species and cultivars of plants of the Nigella genus from different centers of origin and as a result of its own selection work are highlighted. The distribution of plant samples by morphogroups was carried out based on the assessment of their biometric parameters and morphological features, which in the future makes it possible to determine genotypes promising for breeding research.