Mosses of the Egyptian conservation areas: III. Two new Pottiaceae records to Saint Catherine Protected Area and Egypt

Document Type : Original Article

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1 Faculty of Science, Ain Shams University

2 Department of Botany, Faculty of Science, Ain ShamsUniversity, Cairo, Egypt

Abstract

Two species of Pottiaceae; Anoectangium handelii Schiffn. and
Hymenostylium crassinervium Broth. & Dix. are recorded here for the
first time from Egypt (Saint Catherine Protected area, Southern Sinai).
Anoectangium Schwägr is a new genus to Egypt. Descriptions,
illustrations, and distribution comments on both species are given.

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