New Fissidens Species to Moss Flora of Saudi Arabia | ||
| Egyptian Journal of Botany | ||
| Article 19, Volume 59, Issue 3, November 2019, Pages 803-810 PDF (5.64 M) | ||
| Document Type: Regular issue (Original Article) | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/ejbo.2019.11691.1305 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Mai Ahmed Taha* ; Hanaa Shabbara | ||
| Botany Department, Faculty of Science, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt | ||
| Abstract | ||
| FISSIDENS Hedw. is the unique genus in family Fissidentaceae Schimp. It is represented by only six taxa (out of ca. 440 species) in Saudi Arabia. In the present work three species, collected from Asir and Makkah regions, were recorded. One species (Fissidens crispulus Brid.) is a new record to Saudi Arabia, while the second (F. arnoldii R. Ruthe) is a new record to Makkah region and the third (F. crispus Mont.) was recorded previously from the study area. Key, comments, sites of collection, habitats, distributions and floristic elements of the three Fissidens species are given. The description, illustration and distribution map of the new recorded species in Saudi Arabia is also provided. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Saudi Arabia; new record; <i> Fissidens crispulus </i>; Asir; Makkah | ||
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