Towards a moss flora of Taif and its vicinities, Saudi Arabia. 1- Funariaceae

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

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

2 Teacher’s College, Taif, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

3 Faculty of Science, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt

Abstract

Three members of Funariaceae are recorded for the first time from
vicinities of Taif city; namely Entosthodon attenuatus (Dicks.) Bryhn., E.
muhlenbergii (Turner) Fife and E. pulchellus (H.Philib.) Brugués. A key,
descriptions, photos, distributional data, comments and maps indicating
sites of collections are given.

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