The dynamics of the species into collections of the North American and the Himalayan hills in Alpinarium of Peter the Great Botanical Garden

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This study analyzed records of plant introductions over the past 60 years to the North American and Himalayan sections of the Alpinarium (rock garden) at the Peter the Great Botanical Garden in Russia. Around 385 plants from 61 families were introduced during this period: the exposition held about 130 species from 51 families in the 1960s, 254 plants from 55 families twenty years later, and 249 taxa from 52 families in the early 21st century, and following a major reconstruction and collection addition starting in 2010, the exposition comprised 200 species from 54 families as of 2015.