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