New bryophyte records from Kazakhstan

Abstract

Eighteen bryophyte taxa have been recently recorded in Kazakhstan for the first time - Aloina rigida, Andreaea rupestris, Bryum cryophilum, B. weigelii, Campylidium sommerfeltii, Conocephalum salebrosum, Dicranella crispa, Dicranum acutifolium, D. angustum, D. undulatum, Fissidens bryoides var. gymnandrus, Orthotrichum vladikavkanum, Pogonatum dentatum, Pohlia proligera, Rhabdoweisia crispata, Sciuro-hypnum curtum, Struckia enervis, and Trachycystis ussuriensis. Details of the study sites, including the bryophyte species distribution and population abundance are provided.