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Zygodon Hook. ex Taylor a New Record to Libya
• 2009
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Authors
S.G.M. Youssef, S. Abd-El-Razik Khaled and R.B. Hamad
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International
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Abstract
A new epiphytic moss, Zygodon catarinoi C. García, F. Lara, Sérgio and Sim-Sim, was recorded from
Libya for the first time. The new species is characterized by ovate to elliptic gemmae, narrowly
lanceolate, loosely erect leaves, the abaxial surface of the costae in the distal 1/3-1/2 of the leaf
covered with forked papillae, leaf lamina bistratose, rudimentary peristome and with cucullate
smooth calyptra. This study is to collected the genus Zygodon growing on trunks of some trees in Al-
Jebel Al-Akhdar (Libya) throughout the winter season (January-March, 2007) and May 2008, in order
to revision the genus in Libya. The taxa moss flora of Libya after this record became 108.
Libya for the first time. The new species is characterized by ovate to elliptic gemmae, narrowly
lanceolate, loosely erect leaves, the abaxial surface of the costae in the distal 1/3-1/2 of the leaf
covered with forked papillae, leaf lamina bistratose, rudimentary peristome and with cucullate
smooth calyptra. This study is to collected the genus Zygodon growing on trunks of some trees in Al-
Jebel Al-Akhdar (Libya) throughout the winter season (January-March, 2007) and May 2008, in order
to revision the genus in Libya. The taxa moss flora of Libya after this record became 108.