The Bryoflora of Kafr El-Sheikh Governorate, Nile Delta, Egypt, With Special Reference to Physcomitrium niloticum (Delile) Müll. Hal.

Document Type : Original Article

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

Abstract

Eighteen moss taxa were recorded from Kafr El-Sheikh governorate, Nile Delta. Brachytheciastrum velutinum (Hedw.) Ignatov & Huttunen was a new record to the Nile Delta and 9 taxa were new to Kafr El-Sheikh governorate. This raised the number of identified moss taxa recorded from the Nile Delta to 53 taxa. Notes on the morphological differences between old and newly collected specimens of Physcomitrium niloticum (Delile) Müll. Hal. were given with illustrations.

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