The bryophyte flora of Samsun Mountain (Aydın/Turkey)

Abstract: The bryofloristic structure of Samsun Mountain, which also includes the Dilek Peninsula and Buyuk Menderes Delta National Park was planned to reveal with this study. At the end of the study, only one hornwort, 43 liverwort taxa (under 24 genus and 21 families) and 174 moss taxa (under 69 genus and 26 families); totally, 218 taxa (under 94 genus belonging to 48 families) have been identified as the bryoflora of Samsun Mountain. Among the identified mosses, Zygodon catarinoi and Acaulon fontiquerianum have been recorded from the study area as second distributional locality.  It is very important to reveal the biodiversity of National Parks. The bryophyte flora of Dilek Peninsula and Buyuk Menderes Delta National Park was determined as 161 taxa (hornworts only one taxon, liverworts 34 taxa and mosses 126 taxa). We hope that, the present study will contribute to the understanding of western Anatolia and Turkish bryophytes.