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Pdf (749.52 K) eISSN: 2357-044X Taeckholmia 37 (2017): 30-40 The Moss Flora of Ismailia Governorate, Egypt with Three New Records Yasmin M. Hassan*, Usama Y. Abou-Salama1, Wafaa M. Kamel and Elsayeda M. Gamal Eldin Botany Department, Faculty of Science, Suez Canal University, Ismailia-Egypt. 1Botany Department, Faculty of Science, Ain Shams University, Cairo-Egypt. *Corresponding author: [email protected] Abstract A total of 29 species of mosses are reported from Ismailia governorate, among these three species and two genera represent as a new records for Egypt. Bryoerythrophyllum and Oxystegus are a new genera to Egypt and the three species are: Bryoerythrophyllum inaequalifolium, Oxystegus tenuirostris and Trichostomum planifolium. Notes on habitats, reproductive organs and fruiting of the examined species are given. Key words: Moss flora, New records, Ismailia, Egypt. Introduction The Ismailia governorate is located in Imam & Ghabbour (1972), Lashin (1990) the eastern part of Egypt at the middle part of and Shabbara (2006). They recognized 30 Suez Canal. It is a part of the East Nile Delta species belonging to 14 genera (including region (Nd), Galala Desert (Dg) and Isthmic genus Leptobarbula Schimp. which was Desert (Di) and is bounded at the east by recorded only in this territory), 5 families and North Sinai and Suez Canal (that penetrates 4 orders. Temsah Lake and Bitter Lake), Sharkia Recently, El-Saadawi et al. (2015) governorate at the west, Port Said mentioned that the number of moss taxa governorate at the north and Suez recorded in Galala desert (30 taxa), Nile governorate at the south. It is located Delta (36 taxa) and Isthmic Desert (46 taxa) between 31° 40΄ to 32° 40΄ E Longitude, and were relatively small in comparable with the 30° 15΄ to 30° 57΄ N Latitude. The total area number recorded in other territories e.g. of Ismailia governorate is about 5,067 km2 Southern Sinai massive Sinai proper (S) 95 and consists of seven regions (marākiz). taxa, Western Mediterranean coastal land These are Ismailia, Fayed, El Tal El Kabier, (Mma) 65 taxa and Cairo (Cai) 51 taxa. Abou Sweir and El Kassaseen, East Kantara, Lashin (1990) in his study on the West Kantara (Map 1). bryoflora of Suez Canal Region reported 29 According to the Köppen-Geiger moss taxa, out of these 26 taxa identified to classification (BWh) and the Holdridge life the specific level and 3 entities only to zones system of bioclimatic classification, generic level (Barbula sp , Semibarbula sp Ismailia governorate has a subtropical desert and Funaria sp). / low-latitude arid hot climate. Also it is situated in or near the subtropical desert This study aims to revise systematically biome the bryoflora of Ismailia governorate, (http://www.ismailia.climatemps.com). recording any new moss taxa and offer a Since 1972, only three studies of mosses recent account of the bryoflora elements had been done from Galala desert. These are: recorded in this governorate and Egypt. Received on 11/10/2017 and accepted on 15/11/2017 The Moss Flora of Ismailia Governorate http://www.ismailia.gov.eg/tamir-al3tar/Pages/ismailia-map.aspx accessed in 15/10/2016). Map 1. The administrative division of Ismailia governorate. Material and Methods To achieve the aim of the present study, water wheels, water reservoirs, water basins three hundred and ten samples were collected or walls of bridges. They occurred mainly on during 15 excursions covering the period red bricks, walls covered by cement and / or from November 2014 to August 2016 from mud. Ismailia cities, marākiz, villages, sub-villages Specimens were examined, sectioned and ezbets in Ismailia governorate. Mosses according to Abou Salama (1985) and were mostly collected from both shaded and / Wilson (1990). The studied specimens were or sunny places borders of irrigation canals, identified by being matched with the pre- 31 Yasmin M. Hassan et al. identified Egyptian moss specimens from Gymnostomum viridulum Bridel different phytogeographrical territories of Subfamily 2: Pottioideae Egypt. In addition, the identification process Splachnobryum Müller Hal. was further confirmed by using moss floras Splachnobryum obtusum (Bridel) of the different countries of the world. Műller Hal. Adaptation to diverse habitats was taken into Subfamily 3: Trichostomoideae consideration in determining precise *Oxystegus (Broth.) Hilp. identification. Detailed information about all *Oxystegus tenuirostris (Hook. collected samples is available in herbarium &Taylor) A.Smith packets kept at the Herbarium of the Suez Trichostomum Bruch Canal University (SCU-I) Ismailia, Faculty Trichostomum brachydontium Bruch of Science, Botany Department. Trichostomum crispulum Bruch *Trichostomum planifolium (Dixon) R. Results H. Zander The updated species list of the moss flora Order 3: Funariales of Ismailia includes 29 species. These species Sub-order: Funariineae belong to 13 genera, 4 families and 4 orders, Family: Funariaceae Schwäger. as listed below. Entosthodon Schwägrichen Division: Bryophyta (Musci) Entosthodon fascicularis (Hedwig) Class : Bryopsida Műller Hal. Sub class: Bryidae Funaria Hedwig Funaria hygrometrica Hedwig Order 1: Fissidentales Order 4: Bryales Family: Fissidentaceae Family: Bryaceae Schwägrichen Fissidens Hedwig Bryum Hedwig Fissidens bryoides Hedwig Bryum argenteum Hedwig Order 2: Pottiales Bryum funkii Schwägrichen Family: Pottiaceae Schimp. Bryum gemmiparum De Notaris Subfamily 1: Merceyoideae Bryum radiculosum Bridel Barbula Hedwig (J. K. A. Müller) Bryum subapiculatum Hampe Brotheru Imbribryum N. Pedersen Imbribryum alpinum (Hudson ex Barbula bolleana (J. K. A. Müller) Brotherus Withering) N. Pedersen. Ptychostomum Hornschuch Barbula convoluta Hedwig Ptychostomum imbricatulum (Müller Barbula indica ((Hooker) Sprengel Hal.) D.T. Holyoak & N. Pedersen Barbula unguiculata Hedwig Ptychostomum pseudotriquetrum *Bryoerythrophyllum P. C. Chen (Hedwig) J. R. Spence & H. P. *Bryoerythrophyllum inaequalifolium Ramsay ex Holyoak & N. Pedersen (Taylor) R.H. Zander Note: * = New record to Egypt. Didymodon Hedwig Didymodon fallax (Hedwig) R. H. Data about localities, Microhabitat, sterility or fertility, any reproductive Zander structure and distribution in Didymodon luridus Hornsch. phytogeographical territories in Egypt (for Didymodon spadiceus (Mitt.) Limpr. explanation of abbreviations see Map 2) are Didymodon tophaceus (Bridel) Lisa all given below. Didymodon vinealis (Bridel) R. H. Zander Moss species of Ismailia Gymnostomum Nees & Hornschuch governorate Gymnostomum aeruginosum Smith 1-**Fissidens bryoides Hedwig Sp. Musc. Gymnostomum calcareum Nees & Frond. 153. 1801. Hornschuch Collected from: Fayed 32 The Moss Flora of Ismailia Governorate Microhabitat: On a thin layer of mud on a red Fertility: Plants sterile brick wall of a water basin in shaded area. Distribution in Egypt: Nn, Nv, Nd, Nf, Cai, Fertility: Female Plants S, Mm. Distribution in Egypt: Nd, Cai, Dg, Di, Mm. 3-Barbula convoluta Hedwig Sp. Musc. 2-**Barbula bolleana (J. K. A. Müller) Frond. 120. 1801. Brotherus in A. Engler, Nat. Pfl. Ed. 2: 10. Collected from: Abou Sweir 1924. Microhabitat: On thin layer of mud on a red Collected from: El Kassaseen brick wall of a small irrigation water canal or Microhabitat: On a thin layer of mud on a a water well in shade area. wall of a small bridge and on a brick wall Fertility: Plants sterile beside water pump in shaded area. Distribution in Egypt: Nn, Nd, Dg, S. Map 2. The phytogeographical territories of Egypt (after El-Saadawi et al. 2015; with little modification). Cai: Cairo area; Da: Arabian desert; Dg: Galala Desert; Di: Isthmic Desert; Dl: Libyan Desert; Dn: Nubian Desert; GE: Gebel Elba; Mma: western Mediterranean coastal land (Mareotic sector); Nd: Nile Delta; Nf: Nile Fayoum; Nn: Nile Nubia, from Kom Ombo southwards to Egyptian boundaries with the Sudan including the areas now inundated by the waters of Lake Naser since 1965; Nv: Nile Valley, from Cairo-Giza to Kom Ombo; O: Oasis of the Nubian and Libyan Desert; R: Red Sea coastal plains; S: Southern Sinai massive (Sinai proper i.e. relatively high mountains, south of Isthmic desert); Ug: Gebel Uweinat. 33 The Moss Flora of Ismailia Governorate 4-**Barbula indica (Hooker) Sprengel in E. 9- Didymodon spadiceus (Mitt.) Limpr. G. Steudel, Nomencl. Bot. 2: 72. 1824 Laubm. Deutschl. 1: 556.1888. Collected from: El Kassaseen and West Collected from: El Kassaseen Kantara Microhabitat: On a red brick wall of a small Microhabitat: On a thin layer of mud on a irrigation water canal or a water basin in wall of a small bridge or a small irrigation shaded area. water canal and on a red brick of a water Fertility: Plants Sterile. basin in shaded area. Distribution in Egypt: Dg, S. Fertility: Plants sterile 10-Didymodon tophaceus (Bridel) Lisa, Distribution in Egypt: Nv, Nd, Cai. Elenco Musch. 31. 1837. 5- Barbula unguiculata Hedwig Sp. Musc. Collected from: El Kassaseen Frond. 118. 1801 Microhabitat: On a red brick wall of a water Collected from: El Kassaseen, Abou Sweir, basin in shaded area. El Tal El Kabier, West Kantara, Ismailia and Fertility: Female Plants. Fayed. Distribution in Egypt: Nn, Nv, Nd, Nf, Cai, Microhabitat: On a thin layer of mud on a red Dg, S, GE, O, Mm. brick wall of a small bridge or a small 11-**Didymodon vinealis (Bridel) R. H. irrigation water canal or a wall of Zeer, on a Zander, Phytologia 41: 25. 1978. red brick wall of a water basin and on a red Collected from: Abou Sweir and East brick wall beside a water pump in shaded or Kantara sunny area. Microhabitat:
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