An annotated checklist of Saudi Arabian mosses | ||||
Egyptian Academic Journal of Biological Sciences, H. Botany | ||||
Article 3, Volume 10, Issue 2, December 2019, Page 17-26 PDF (1.27 MB) | ||||
Document Type: Original Article | ||||
DOI: 10.21608/eajbsh.2019.61061 | ||||
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Author | ||||
Mai Ahmed Taha | ||||
Botany department; Faculty of science; Aim Shams University | ||||
Abstract | ||||
A list is given for the mosses known, till now, from Saudi Arabia. It comprises 122 taxa belonging to 51 genera, in 21 families and 10 orders under class Bryopsida. This list is the first to show the distribution of mosses in different Saudi Arabian phytogeographical regions. This article provides significant annotations regarding distribution of the moss taxa, dominance, rarity, and other relevant information. Moreover, it is the first in providing a list of synonyms of all mosses reported in publications dealing with this country | ||||
Keywords | ||||
Checklist; Saudi Arabia; Mosses; Bryoflora; Distribution | ||||
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