Finnish botanical expeditions which were made to Russian Lapland (present‐day Murmansk Region and northern Karelia, Russia) in 1861 and 1863 published travel reports with preliminary information including numerous floristic novelties and phytogeographical observations, but they have been overlooked in present‐day studies. Two reports appeared in print, by Gustav Selin on the expedition made in 1861, and by Nils Isak Fellman on the expedition made in 1863. We analysed the records of vascular plant species published in these reports in order to trace and evaluate first records and localities of rare and legally protected species on the basis of herbarium vouchers kept at H. In spite of high self‐claims, Selin actually only reported nine species new to present‐day Murmansk Region and one species new to Republic of Karelia, and four species of vascular plants that are currently under legal protection in Murmansk Region, whereas Fellman reported 11 species new to Murmansk Region and five species new to Karelia, with 34 species under legal protection in Murmansk Region. First records of alien plants were seven species from Selin and four species from Fellman. These records brought the contemporary floristic knowledge in Russian Lapland to 504 species of native plants (50% of the current total) and 54 species of alien plants (11% of the current total). Fellman's report included the first phytogeographical observations from the Kola Peninsula, with the first botanical limits observed, and the first descriptions of key botanical territories which are currently under strict protection. This study contributes to botanical history, plant protection and management of plant invasions in Murmansk Region.

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1861年和1863年芬兰对俄罗斯拉普兰（摩尔曼斯克州和卡累利阿北部）的植物考察旅行报告分析

1861年和1863年在俄罗斯拉普兰（今摩尔曼斯克州和北卡累利阿北部）进行的芬兰植物考察发布了旅行报告，其中包含初步的信息，包括众多的植物新奇和植物地理观察，但在当今的研究中却被忽略了。有两份报告在印刷中出现，分别是古斯塔夫·塞林（Gustav Selin）在1861年进行的远征和尼尔斯·伊萨克·费尔曼（Nils Isak Fellman）在1863年进行的远征。尽管自称自高，Selin实际上只报告了当今摩尔曼斯克州的9种新物种和卡累利阿共和国的1种新物种，摩尔曼斯克州有4种维管植物，目前正受到法律保护，而费尔曼报告摩尔曼斯克州有11种新植物，卡累利阿州有5种，摩尔曼斯克州有34种受到法律保护。外来植物的最早记录是塞林的7种和费尔曼的4种。这些记录使俄罗斯拉普兰地区的当代植物学知识达到504种本地植物（目前总数的50％）和54种外来植物（目前总数的11％）。费尔曼（Fellman）的报告包括科拉半岛的第一批植物地理观测结果，发现的第一批植物限量以及对目前受到严格保护的主要植物领土的第一批描述。这项研究有助于植物史，