Collections and Identifications of Mosses in W. Iran (Hamedan, Kermanshah, Kordestan and Ilam Provinces)
2009
Shir Zadiyan, Sa`id | Eskandari, Majid
Study of the Mosses (Bryophytes) in Iran, has received less attention so far, particularly by the Iranian botanists. During the recent years, Shirzadian (the writer), an indigenous bryologist, took up some research projects on identifications of Mosses collected from northern as well as western provinces of Iran as the first person from the country. The present research project is, therefore, undertaken in continuation of those projects to provide a taxonomic account for the area (Hamedan, Kermanshah, Kordestan and Ilam Provinces) situated in the western provinces of Iran. In the current project, out of a huge Moss specimens collected from the surveyed regions, following 42 taxa (including three varieties, 41 species, 27 genera and 13 families) are identified out of which, one variety, nine species and one genus are records for the country each marked with 1-3 asterisks (*) respectively: Anacolia*** menziesii**, Bryum alpinum**, Fabronia pusilla**, Fissidens viridulus** var. tenuifolius*, Grimmia elatior**, G. elongata**, G. hartmanii**, Physcomitrium pyriforme** and Pohlia elongata**. In addition, a leafy liverwort, namely, Dumortiera hirsuta is also gathered and identified. The voucher specimens along with their herbarium numbers and other related data are preserved in the non-flowering section of the Herbarium Ministerii Iranici Agriculturae ("IRAN").
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