Three New Pottiaceae Records to the Bryoflora of Libya

Document Type : Regular issue (Original Article)

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Botany Department, Faculty of Science, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt

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Three taxa of Pottiaceae; Crossidium laevipilum Thér. & Trab., Didymodon umbrosus (Müll.Hal.) R.H.Zander and Tortula brevissima Schiffn. are new records to the moss flora of Libya bringing the number of mosses known from this country to 105 taxa. Furthermore, the present work adds 14 moss taxa to Gharyan area which raises the moss known from it to 27 taxa. Descriptions, illustrations, floristic and distribution remarks are provided for the three new records to Libya.

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