First Record of Rhabdoweisia fugax (Rhabdoweisiaceae) for Iraq andMiddle East Countries and of the Genus Rhabdoweisia for Iraq
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Rhabdoweisia fugax, Mosses, nurseries, Mosul cityAbstract
The moss Rhabdoweisia fugax (Hedw.0 Bruch& Schimp. Found in a specimen collection from Nursery of the Forestry Department, College of agriculture , University of Mosul Iraq. during a preliminary survey for the bryophyte that live in nurseries , as a man made ecosystems. According to the previously published works on Iraqi mosses and an annotated catalogue of the Middle East Bryophyte t, the present paper is considered first record for the presence of this species in Middle East region including Iraq and it is, also, consideredfirst record for the genus Rhabdoweisia Bruch. & Schimp.in the rest Middle East countries eccept Lebanon
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