Contributions to a Bryoflora of the United Arab Emirates (UAE).

Abstract

Twenty-four out of 26 mosses, recently collected from the United Arab Emirates (UAE), are new records for the country and the total number is raised to 27 entities. Six of these mosses and Riccia subbifurca Warnst. ex Croz. are new records to the whole Arabian Peninsula. Upward-growing peculiar aerial rhizoids are recorded in six of the mosses. Reference to sporulation, sexual and asexual reproductive structures are made.

New Fissidens Species to Moss Flora of Saudi Arabia

“…-Distribution in the world: Algeria, Australia, Bulgaria, Canada, Croatia, Egypt (Sinai, Gabel Alba), Estonia, France, Germany, Hungary, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Latvia, Lithuania, New Zealand, Oman, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Syria, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine (main land), United Arab Emirates, United states, Yemen (Agnew & Vondráček, 1975;Catcheside, 1980;Kürschner, 2000;Shabbara & El-Saadawi, 1999Heyn & Herrnstadt, 2004;Ignatov et al, 2006;O'Shea, 2006;Lüth, 2008;Ros et al, 2013;Erzberger, 2016).…”