Adnan ERDAĞ, Mesut KIRMACI, İntissar TIZINI, Adnan KASHLAN, Badeea Charaf ADDINE

Contributions to the moss flora of the Al-Ghab plain (north-west Syria)

Sixty mosses belonging to 12 families and 31 genera are presented from Al-Ghab plain in north-west Syria. Among these, 29 species are recorded for the first time for the bryophyte flora of Syria.

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Key words: Mosses, taxonomy, Al-Ghab plain, Syria

Contributions to the moss flora of the Al-Ghab plain (north-west Syria)

Sixty mosses belonging to 12 families and 31 genera are presented from Al-Ghab plain in north-west Syria. Among these, 29 species are recorded for the first time for the bryophyte flora of Syria.

Keywords:

Key words: Mosses, taxonomy, Al-Ghab plain, Syria,

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