The moss flora of Saint Katherine Protectorate, South Sinai, with eight new records

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

1 Botany Department, Faculty of Science, Suez Canal University, Ismailia-Egypt.

2 Botany Department, Faculty of Science, Ain Shams University, Cairo-Egypt.

Abstract

A total of 21 species of mosses were collected from Saint Katherine
Protectorate after conservation; among these eight species represent new
records, five for moss flora of Sinai and three for Egypt. Two species
belong to Pohlia, three each to Ptychostomum and Entosthodon. Notes
on climate, habitats, reproductive organs and fruiting of the examined
species are given.

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