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Issue: Vol. 46 No. 1: 29 Dec. 2023
Type: Article
Published: 2023-12-29
DOI: 10.11646/bde.46.1.10
Page range: 71-73
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Two new records of Fissidens (Fissidentaceae, Bryophyta) for South Africa

Griffensteijnseplein 23- NL-3703 BE Zeist The Netherlands
National Herbarium; South African National Biodiversity Institute; 2 Cussonia Avenue; Brummeria 0184; Pretoria; South Africa; School of Animal; Plant and Environmental Sciences; University of the Witwatersrand; Private Bag 3; Wits 2050; Johannesburg; South Africa
Bryophyta Fissidens new records South Africa

Abstract

Two pluripapillose semilimbate species of Fissidens, the East African F. ferrugineus and the wide-spread African F. schweinfurthii are for the first time recorded from the Republic of South Africa.

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