Rare and interesting moss records from Egypt

Document Type : Original Article

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Faculty of Science, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt

Abstract

Four new rare moss taxa are recorded from Egypt; Archidium
alternifolium (Dicks. ex Hedw.) Mitt., Barbula arcuata Griff.,
Leptobarbula berica (De Not.) Schimp. and Plaubelia sprengelii (Magill)
H. Zander. Archidium, Leptobarbula and Plaubelia represent new genera
to Egypt. Barbula arcuata is a new record to Africa. Plaubelia sprengelii
is disjunct taxon to America.

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