BRACHYTHECIACEAE Schimp.includes up to 1117 species worldwide. Eleven of its species were reported from Libya between the years 1914-1931. In the present work, 10 species are recorded, seven of them, namely: Brachythecium rutabulum (Hedw.) Schimp., Eurhynchiastrum pulchellum (Hedw.) Ignatov & Huttunen, Pseudoscleropodium purum (Hedw.) M. Fleisch., Rhynchostegium megapolitanum (Blandow ex F. Weber & D. Mohr) Schimp., Sciuro-hypnum plumosum (Hedw.) Ignatov & Huttunen, Scleropodium touretii (Brid.) L.F. Koch and Scorpiurium deflexifolium (Solms) M. Fleisch. & Loeske. are new records bringing the number of Brachytheciaceae species known from Libya to eighteen. Key and distribution of the 18 species in the Mediterranean countries and in the world are given. Descriptions and illustrations of the seven new records are also provided.
Youssef, S., Khalil, M., Shabbara, H., & El-Saadawi, W. (2017). Seven Brachytheciaceae (Musci) Species New to Libya. Egyptian Journal of Botany, 57(3), 605-619. doi: 10.21608/ejbo.2017.1499.1117
MLA
Said Youssef; Manal Ibrahim Khalil; Hanaa Shabbara; Wagieh El-Sayed El-Saadawi. "Seven Brachytheciaceae (Musci) Species New to Libya", Egyptian Journal of Botany, 57, 3, 2017, 605-619. doi: 10.21608/ejbo.2017.1499.1117
HARVARD
Youssef, S., Khalil, M., Shabbara, H., El-Saadawi, W. (2017). 'Seven Brachytheciaceae (Musci) Species New to Libya', Egyptian Journal of Botany, 57(3), pp. 605-619. doi: 10.21608/ejbo.2017.1499.1117
VANCOUVER
Youssef, S., Khalil, M., Shabbara, H., El-Saadawi, W. Seven Brachytheciaceae (Musci) Species New to Libya. Egyptian Journal of Botany, 2017; 57(3): 605-619. doi: 10.21608/ejbo.2017.1499.1117