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Ten orophilous taxa found in high mountain localities on Mt Etna are discussed. Among them, Brachythecium collinum, Desmatodon latifolius, Grimmia donniana. and Dicranoweisia crispula are new records for Sicily; other taxa are rare on the island, or new for Mt Etna. The phytogeographical interest of the Sicilian orophilous mosses is discussed.