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Three remarkable Bryophyte species new to Turkey and South–west Asia

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Turkey, which is surrounded by seas on three sides and consists of three phytogeographic regions, has a very large biological diversity. As a result of extensive bryophyte surveys across the different parts of the Dereli district in Giresun province from Turkey, Dicranum transsylvanicum, Nardia geoscyphus, and Andreaea crassinervia are reported as a new record for Turkey and Southwest Asia. Also, Dicranum transsylvanicum is new to Asia. Descriptions, illustrations, geographic distribution, ecological characteristics, and comparisons with morphologically similar taxa are provided.

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Acknowledgements

Special thanks to Dr. Cecilia SÉRGIO for providing the relevant literature, herbarium sample exchange, suggestions for Dicranum species and, identification. Special thanks are due to Dr. Nevzat BATAN for confirming my determination of Andrea and Nardia species. I also thank Dr. Sercan Hamza BAĞLAMA for proofreading the article.

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Erata, H. Three remarkable Bryophyte species new to Turkey and South–west Asia. Biologia 77, 2819–2827 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11756-022-01152-1

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