The Moss Flora of Ismailia Governorate, Egypt with Three New Records

Document Type : Original Article

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1 Botany Department, Faculty of Science, Suez Canal University

2 Botany Department, Faculty of Science, Ain Shams University

Abstract

A total of 29 species of mosses are reported from Ismailia governorate, among these three species and two genera represent as a new records for Egypt. Bryoerythrophyllum and Oxystegus are a new genera to Egypt and the three species are: Bryoerythrophyllum inaequalifolium, Oxystegus tenuirostris and Trichostomum planifolium. Notes on habitats, reproductive organs and fruiting of the examined species are given.

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