A preliminary study on bryoflora of Yazd province with Mediterranean desertic continental bioclimate and notes on bryological activities in Iran

Bryological activities in Iran started with the groundworks of Bornmüller, Buhse, Bruns, Knapp, Polak, and Strauss. These activities continued by Rechinger in the ۱۹۳۰s and Wendelbo in ۱۹۵۹. However, the most comprehensive work on bryoflora and vegetation in Iran started by Frey, Kürschner, and Probst in ۱۹۷۲. However, the studies about bryoflora and the bryodiversity of Hyrcanian forests and the Irano-Turanian floristic region are far from being complete. The Aim of our study is to provide the first list of bryophytes from Yazd province and emphasize the importance of documentation and recording taxa to obtain crucial data in Plant Sciences and Ecology. The collection sites are in Yazd province and located between Yazd City and Shirkuh mountain. Yazd province with its Mediterranean desertic continental bioclimate which results in low precipitation and extended summer drought, has had no bryological records. However, at the moment there is a list of mosses with ۱۰ species. Moreover, as preliminary data, the dominance of acrocarpous moss families is obvious and only a family of pleurocarpous mosses is mentioned in the list.

کلیدواژه ها:

Yazd bryophytes ، Shirkuh ، acrocarpous ، desertic bioclimate