“…Bryofloristical knowledge of South-West Asia is still insufficient because large areas, often in barely accessible regions, have not yet been visited by bryologists. Despite the publication of the latest checklists for Turkey (Uyar & Çetin, 2004;Kürschner & Erdağ, 2005;Özenoğlu Kiremit & Keçeli, 2009), the recent floristic catalogue for South-West Asia (Kürschner & Frey, 2011), and additions from Turkey and South-West Asia since 2005 (Uyar & Ören, 2005;Keçeli & Çetin, 2005Keçeli & Çetin, , 2006Kürschner & Parolly, 2006a, 2006bAbay et al, 2007Abay et al, , 2009Keçeli & Abay, 2007a, 2007bUyar et al, 2008;Özdemir, 2008;Özdemir & Uyar, 2008;Erdağ & Kürschner, 2009;Erdağ & Kırmacı, 2010;Frey & Kürschner, 2010;Lara et al, 2010;Ören et al, 2010;Erdağ & Kürschner, 2011;Ezer & Kara, 2011;Keçeli et al, 2011;Zare et al, 2011;Ören et al, 2012), the bryophyte flora of Turkey and South-West Asia still requires more detailed investigation. In our opinion, increasing bryophyte and fungi research activities in these areas will lead to the discovery of quite a number of new records (Demirel & Kaşık, 2012;Akata et al, 2012).…”