<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>A new bryophyte checklist for Afghanistan is presented, including all published records since the beginning of collection activities in 1839–1840 by W. Griffith till present. Considering several unidentified collections in various herbaria, 23 new records for Afghanistan together with the collection data can be added to the flora. Beside a new genus, <italic>Asterella</italic>, the new records include <italic>Amblystegium serpens</italic> var. <italic>serpens, Brachythecium erythrorrhizon, Bryum dichotomum, B. elwendicum, B. pallens, B. weigelii, Dichodontium palustre, Didymodon luridus, D. tectorum, Distichium inclinatum, Entosthodon muhlenbergii, Hygroamblystegium fluviatile</italic> subsp. <italic>fluviatile, Oncophorus virens, Orthotrichum rupestre</italic> var. <italic>sturmii, Pogonatum urnigerum, Pseudocrossidium revolutum, Pterygoneurum ovatum, Schistidium rivulare, Syntrichia handelii, Tortella inflexa, T. tortuosa,</italic> and <italic>Tortula muralis</italic> subsp. <italic>obtusifolia</italic>. Therewith the number of species increase to 24 liverworts, 246 mosses and one hornwort. In addition, a historical overview of the country’s exploration and a full biogeography of Afghan bryophytes is given.</p></abstract>

A new bryophyte checklist for Afghanistan is presented, including all published records since the beginning of collection activities in 1839–1840 by W. Griffith till present. Considering several unidentified collections in various herbaria, 23 new records for Afghanistan together with the collection data can be added to the flora. Beside a new genus, Asterella, the new records include Amblystegium serpens var. serpens, Brachythecium erythrorrhizon, Bryum dichotomum, B. elwendicum, B. pallens, B. weigelii, Dichodontium palustre, Didymodon luridus, D. tectorum, Distichium inclinatum, Entosthodon muhlenbergii, Hygroamblystegium fluviatile subsp. fluviatile, Oncophorus virens, Orthotrichum rupestre var. sturmii, Pogonatum urnigerum, Pseudocrossidium revolutum, Pterygoneurum ovatum, Schistidium rivulare, Syntrichia handelii, Tortella inflexa, T. tortuosa, and Tortula muralis subsp. obtusifolia. Therewith the number of species increase to 24 liverworts, 246 mosses and one hornwort. In addition, a historical overview of the country’s exploration and a full biogeography of Afghan bryophytes is given.

Liverworts, mosses and hornworts of Afghanistan - our present knowledge

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A new bryophyte checklist for Afghanistan is presented, including all published records since the beginning of collection activities in 1839–1840 by W....

Liverworts, mosses and hornworts of Afghanistan - our present knowledge

Published Online: Jul 01, 2019

Page range: 11 - 24

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/cszma-2019-0002

Keywords
Bryophytes, checklist, flora, phytodiversity

© 2019 Harald Kürschner et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Liverworts, mosses and hornworts of Afghanistan - our present knowledge

Published Online: Jul 01, 2019

Page range: 11 - 24

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/cszma-2019-0002

KeywordsBryophytes, checklist, flora, phytodiversity

© 2019 Harald Kürschner et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Keywords
Bryophytes, checklist, flora, phytodiversity