سعید شیرزادیان - Associate Prof., Iranian Research Institute of Plant Protection, Tehran, Iran

Since establishment of the Herbarium Ministerii Iranici Agriculturae ("IRAN") in ۱۹۴۵, during field excursions to different regions of Iran, while sampling flowering plants along with some minor collections of mosses, after establishment of the herbarium of mosses in ۱۹۹۷, in order to expanding the said herbarium, regular samplings were started by the author in the form of research projects. While trying to identify the moss samples, taking into consideration of extensive molecular researches and phylogenetic analyses which are being carried out worlwidely, the scientific names of this group of plants, resembling other plants, are always subject to change at different taxonomic levels, hence it becomes necessary to update this information every now and then. Based on this, by reviewing all the moss samples in the above-mentioned herbarium using reliable sources, more than ۲۴۰ species were identified, of which the names of ۳۹ taxa were updated. The aim of this paper is, therefore, to present the first list of mosses of the “IRAN” herbarium including ۲۴۸ species, ۹۲ genera belonging to ۳۷ families under ۱۲ orders and four classes.  

bryophyte, identification, Sampling, taxon, Taxonomy