Seven new records of mosses in Iran

Saeed Shirzadian; Samaneh Akhoondi Darzikolaei; Prem Lal Uniyal

doi:10.7751/telopea20148023

Authors

Saeed Shirzadian Department of Botany, Iranian Research Institute of Plant Protection
Samaneh Akhoondi Darzikolaei Department of Biology, College of Basic Sciences, Tehran Science and Research Branch
Prem Lal Uniyal University of Delhi, Delhi, India

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.7751/telopea20148023

Keywords:

Bryophytes, Bryaceae, Grimmiaceae, Orthotrichaceae, Pottiaceae

Abstract

Based on the survey of bryophytes in W Azerbaijan, Mazandaran and Yazd provinces of Iran, seven species of mosses namely, Bryum algovicum, B. creberrimum, B. klinggraeffi, and B. mildeanum (Bryaceae), Grimmia plagiopodia (Grimmiaceae), Orthotrichum rivulare (Orthotrichaceae), Didymodon sinuosus (Pottiaceae) are found as new records for the Iranian bryoflora.