Contributions to the moss flora of the Isthmic Desert, Sinai; Egypt

Document Type : Original Article

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

Abstract

Sixteen moss species are reported as new records from Gebel Dalfa and Ain Qadies of the Isthmic Desert in
Northern Sinai, among these seven species are new records to the Isthmic Desert while Trichostomum
brachydontium, is a new record to the flora of Egypt. This brings the total number of fully identified mosses
known from Isthmic Desert to 32 taxa. Notes on habitats, fruiting, sex organs and gemmae are given.

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