Several first records of mosses are reported for continental sub-Saharan Af
rica, Southern Africa or the Cape Provinces as well as the occurrence of su
bterranean tuberous stolons in Pleuridium ecklonii and rhizoidal tubers in
four acrocarpous mosses, viz. Archidium globiferum, Ditrichum difficile, Fi
ssidens beckettii and Pleuridium nervosum.