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Thirty-Two moss taxa are recorded from Gebel Maghara. Sixteen of them are new records to the Isthmic Desert bringing the total to 47 taxa. Four species are new records to Egypt. About half the Gebel Maghara taxa occur also in the Mediterranean region while only about a quarter in the Nile regions.