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Recent bryologica l research in Egypt, resulted in a relllarkabie eni argelllent of our knowledge about the IllOSS flora o r this country which constitutes part o r Arr I and part of As 5. The distribution of the 175 IllOSS taxa, hithelto, repolted frolll Egypl, .in the world, indicates the existence of various bryofloristi c elelllents reAecting the di versity or the flora. The 175 taxa represent 145 species be longing to 45 genera, 14 fal11ili es and nine orders; al i under class Bryopsida and ali are reported l'rolll 12 oul or the 15 phytogeographical terrilori es lo whi ch the country is di vided. References to vari alions in Aoristic aspects of IllOSS flora s o r studied phylogeographic territories as we ll as lO paral11 eters be li eved to be responsibl e 10 1' these variations are l11ade.