New Bryaceae records to the moss flora of Libya

Egypt. J. Exp. Biol. (Bot.). 2017; 13(2): 459-466

doi: 10.5455/egyjebb.20171118013518

Manal Ibrahim Khalil, Said Ghanem Youssef.

Abstract
Bryaceae includes up to 2,108 species worldwide. Only nine of its species are known from Libya. Bryaceae is reported mainly from the north of Libya near its Mediterranean coast. Ptychostomum archangelicum (Bruch & Schimp.) J.R. Spence and P. imbricatulum (Müll.Hal.) Holyoak & N.Pedersen. are reported in this paper as new records raising the number of mosses known from Libya to 102 species. Descriptions and illustrations of these new records together with geographic distribution of all identified taxa and brief comments are given. Key words: Bryaceae; Al Ghariga; Beida; Al-Jabal Al- Akhdar; Libya.