Syntrichia minor (Pottiaceae) and Cephaloziella integerrima (Cephaloziellaceae) new to bryophyte flora of Turkey

Abstract

Syntrichia minor (Bizot) M.T. Gallego, J. Guerra, M.J. Cano, Ros & Sánchez-Moya (Pottiaceae, Bryophyta - mosses) and Cephaloziella integerrima (Lindb.) Warnst. (Cephaloziellaceae, Marchantiophyta - liverworts) are recorded for the first time from Turkey. In addition, the rare C. integerrima is new to Southwest Asia. These species were collected from the northern part of Turkey, respectively Karabük (Safranbolu) and Kastamonu (Bozkurt). Site description, synonyms, illustrations, ecology, distribution and diagnostic characters of these species are presented.

Keywords

• Mosses
• liverworts
• new records
• Turkey
• Southwest Asia