Contribution to the bryophyte flora of Morocco: the Jbel Toubkal

The bryophyte flora of the Jbel Toubkal, included in the Toukbal National P ark (Morocco), is catalogued. Only 12 bryophytes had been reported previous ly from this mountain, the highest in northern Africa. As a result of this study, the catalogue consists of 101 taxa (95 mosses and six liverworts), o f which nine species are new for Africa (Amblyodon dealbatus, Brachythecium collinum, Grimmia mollis, Hyocomium armoricum, Pseudoleskeella tectorum, S chistidium cinclidodonteum, Syntrichia bolanderi, Syntrichia calcicola, Tor tula guepinii), three species are newly reported for northern Africa (Bryum klinggraeffi, Bryum muehlenbeckii, Schistidium rivulare) and another six a re new for Morocco (Bryum mildeanum, Cirriphyllum crassinervium, Fissidens rivularis, Plagiochila porelloides, Rhynchostegiella teneriffae and Weissia levieri).