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Academic editor: Vasilis Gerovasileiou
Received: 04 Aug 2016 | Accepted: 24 Aug 2016 | Published: 01 Nov 2016
© 2016 Spyros Gkelis, Iordanis Ourailidis, Manthos Panou, Nikos Pappas
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Gkelis S, Ourailidis I, Panou M, Pappas N (2016) Cyanobacteria of Greece: an annotated checklist. Biodiversity Data Journal 4: e10084. https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.4.e10084
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The checklist of Greek Cyanobacteria was created in the framework of the Greek Taxon Information System (GTIS), an initiative of the LifeWatchGreece Research Infrastructure (ESFRI) that has resumed efforts to compile a complete checklist of species reported from Greece. This list was created from exhaustive search of the scientific literature of the last 60 years. All records of taxa known to occur in Greece were taxonomically updated.
The checklist of Greek Cyanobacteria comprises 543 species, classified in 130 genera, 41 families, and 8 orders. The orders Synechococcales and Oscillatoriales have the highest number of species (158 and 153 species, respectively), whereas these two orders along with Nostocales and Chroococcales cover 93% of the known Greek cyanobacteria species. It is worth mentioning that 18 species have been initially described from Greek habitats. The marine epilithic Ammatoidea aegea described from Saronikos Gulf is considered endemic to this area. Our bibliographic review shows that Greece hosts a high diversity of cyanobacteria, suggesting that the Mediterranean area is also a hot spot for microbes.
blue-green algae, Cyanophyceae, bacteria, microorganisms, Aegean Sea, freshwater, marine, checklist, biodiversity, Mediterranean
The history of natural science is directly linked to Greek civilization, since the older written references to plants, animals, and algae are found in the Homeric Epics dating back to the 8th century BC; the first record of algae in the Western literature appears in Homer’s Iliad: “the dark waves uprear their heads and scatter their sea-wrack (phycos) in all directions” [Iliad IX.1 translated by
In modern times, research on Greek microflora, Cyanobacteria included, started in the 20th century with the studies of freshwater algae by
The systematic research on Greek Cyanobacteria started in the 1980s with a series of publications on cyanobacterial taxonomy and species composition (
Despite the increased research efforts, knowledge of diversity and distribution of Cyanobacteria in Greece is still inconsistent since no list on local cyanobacterial flora has ever been published. Modern biodiversity research faces an ever increasing rate of data generation and efforts are made to structure, aggregate, link and process these data in a meaningful way (
The Checklist of Greek Cyanobacteria was created in the framework of the Greek Taxon Information System (GTIS), an initiative of the LifeWatchGreece Research Infrastructure (ESFRI) that has resumed efforts to compile a complete checklist of all species reported from Greece (
The data for this study were collected through extensive search in the scientific literature of the last 60 years. The search was performed in Scopus and Web of Science using the keywords: Greece AND cyanobacteria, Greece AND phytoplankton, Greece AND cyanoprokaryota, Greece AND blue-green algae. Furthermore, the two exhaustive monographs by Anagnostidis (
The taxonomic status of the recorded cyanobacterial taxa was checked and updated, where necessary, to the currently accepted taxonomically species using
The data collected were published in Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) through the Integrated Publishers Toolkit (IPT) according to the Darwin Core Archive biodiversity informatics data standard and are made publicly available through GBIF (UUID: 655027fc-76ea-447a-a443-f36dd2e853d7, DOI: 10.15468/lkj0mr).
Ammatoidea aegea
Anabaena cf. cylindrica
Anabaena inaequalis
Anabaena laxa
Anabaena oscillarioides
Anabaena pertubata
Anabaena solitaria f. planctonica
Anabaena sphaerica
Anabaena torulosa
Anabaenopsis arnoldii
Anabaenopsis cf. elenkinii f. circularis
Anabaenopsis cunningtonii
Anabaenopsis elenkinii
Anabaenopsis milleri
Anabaenopsis tanganyikae
Aphanothece clathrata
Aphanothece nidulans var. endophytica
Aphanothece minutissima
Aphanizomenon favaloroi
Aphanizomenon flos-aquae
Aphanizomenon gracile
Aphanocapsa biformis
Microcystis cf. holsatica
Aphanocapsa elachista var. conferta
Aphanocapsa delicatissima
Aphanocapsa elachista
Aphanocapsa fusco-lutea
Aphanocapsa grevillei
Aphanocapsa incerta
Aphanocapsa marina
Aphanocapsa muscicola
Aphanocapsa parientina
Aphanocapsa raspaigellae
Aphanocapsa anodontae
Aphanocapsa salina
Aphanocapsa sescianensis
Aphanocapsa thermalis
Aphanothece castagnei
Aphanothece cf. rubra
Aphanothece cf. rufescens
Aphanothece cf. salina
Synechococcus marinus
Aphanothece microscopica
Aphanothece microspora
Aphanothece nidulans
Aphanothece pallida
Aphanothece saxicola
Aphanothece stagnina
Arthrospira fusiformis
Arthrospira platensis
Asterocapsa aerophytica
Asterocapsa divina
Asterocapsa jilinica
Asterocapsa sinica
Hydrocoleum brebissonii
Hydrocoleum glutinosum
Hydrocoleum heterotrichum
Hydrocoleum lyngbyaceum
Borzia trilocularis
Borzia starkii
Borzia susedana
Borzia trilocularis
Brachytrichia quiyi
Calothrix aeruginea
Calothrix braunii
Calothrix cf. fusca
Calothrix confervicola
Calothrix contarenii
Calothrix javanica
Calothrix marchica
Calothrix parietina
Calothrix pulvinata
Calothrix scopulorum
Calothrix stagnalis
Calothrix thermalis
Chamaesiphon curvatus
Chamaesiphon geitleri
Chamaesiphon incrustans
Chamaesiphon polonicus
Chamaesiphon polymorphus
Chlorogloea microcystoides
Chlorogloea novacekii
Xenococcus rivularis
Chroococcidiopsis doonensis
Chroococcidiopsis kashaii
Chroococcidiopsis thermalis
Chroococcidium gelatinosum
Chroococcus cf. aphanocapsoides
Chroococcus cf. subsphaericus
Chroococcus cohaerens
Chroococcus dispersus
Chroococcus helveticus
Chroococcus lithophilus
Chroococcus microscopicus
Chroococcus minor
Chroococcus minutus
Chroococcus spelaeus
Chroococcus subnudus
Chroococcus tenax
Chroococcus thermalis
Chroococcus turgidus
Chroococcus turicensis
Chroococcus varius
Chroococcus westii
Anabaena bergii
Aphanizomenon ovalisporum
Clastidium rivulare
Clastidium setigerum
Coelosphaerium minutissimum
Microcoleus chtonoplastes
Aphanizomenon issatschenkoi
Synechococcus cedrorum
Synechococcus minervae
Cyanocatena planctonica
Cyanodictyon imperfectum
Cyanodictyon planctonicum
Cyanodictyon reticulatum
Cyanogranis ferruginea
Cyanosaccus aegaeus
Cyanosaccus atticus
Cyanosarcina cf. burmensis
Cyanosarcina cf. spectabilis
Cyanosarcina parthenonensis
Cyanosarcina thalassia
Cyanostylon microcystoides
Cyanostylon plancticum
Synechococcus aeruginosus
Cyanothece halobia
Synechococcus maior
Cylindrospermopsis raciborskii
Cylindrospermum licheniforme
Cylindrospermum muscicola
Dactylococcopsis echini
Dactylococcopsis rhaphidioides
Dermocarpa prasina
Dichothrix compacta
Dichothrix gypsophila
Anabaena affinis
Anabaena crassa
Anabaena flos-aquae
Anabaena lemmermannii var. minor
Anabaena mendotae
Anabaena mucosa
Anabaena scheremetievii
Anabaena circinalis
Anabaena solitaria
Anabaena spiroides
Anabaena viguieri
Entophysalis deusta
Entophysalis granulosa
Epigloeosphaera cf. grebulenta
Eucapsis cf. terrestris
Eucapsis minor
Oscillatoria acutissima
Oscillatoria amphibia f. circinata
Oscillatoria splendida f. major
Oscillatoria cf. lemmermannii
Oscillatoria ionica
Jaaginema cf. lemmermannii
Oscillatoria numidica
Oscillatoria splendida
Oscillatoria geminata f. sulphurea
Spirulina laxissima
Aphanothece caldariorum
Gloeocapsa aeruginosa
Gloeocapsa arenaria
Gloeocapsa montana
Gloeocapsa biformis
Gloeocapsa bituminosa
Gloeocapsa caldariorum
Gloeocapsa decorticans
Gloeocapsa gelatinosa
Gloeocapsa kützingiana
Gloeocapsa punctata
Gloeocapsa rupestris
Gloeocapsa thermalis
Chroococcus thermophilus
Gloeocapsopsis crepidinum
Gloeocapsopsis cyanea
Gloeocapsopsis pleurocapsoides
Gloeothece cf. incerta
Gloeothece cf. tepidariorum
Gloeothece confluens
Gloeothece fusco-lutea
Gloeothece palea
Gloeothece rupestris
Gloeothece rupestris var. tepidariorum
Gloeotrichia echinulata
Gloeotrichia pisum
Gomphosphaeria aponina
Hapalosiphon intricatus
Tolypothrix byssoidea
Herpyzonema pulverulentum
Lyngbya infixa
Lyngbya kutzingii
Homoeothrix caespitosa
Homoeothrix juliana
Borzia spongeliae
Hydrococcus rivularis
Hydrocoleum homoeotrichum
Hydrocoleum muscicolum
Hydrocoleum stankovicii
Hyella balani
Hyella caespitosa
Hyella inconstans
Hyella kalligrammos
Hyella maxima
Hyella reptans
Iphinoë spelaeobios
Calothrix plana
Isocystis halobia
Isocystis pallida
Oscillatoria angustissima
Oscillatoria geminata
Oscillatoria cf. mauchiana
Oscillatoria minima
Achroonema projundum
Oscillatoria pseudogeminata
Oscillatoria subtilissima
Pseudanabaena constricta
Oscillatoria animalis
Oscillatoria chlorina
Oscillatoria cortiana
Oscillatoria formosa
Oscillatoria jasorvensis
Phormidium laetevirens
Oscillatoria okenii
Komvophoron cf. crassum
Pseudanabaena pallida
Pseudanabaena schmidlei
Kyrtuthrix dalmatica
Lyngbya gracilis
Lyngbya nordagardhii
Lemmermanniella pallida
Phormidium angustissimum
Phormidium antarcticum
Plectonema boryanum
Plectonema calotrichoides
Leptolyngbya cebennensis
Leptolyngbya cf. carnea
Leptolyngbya cf. laminosa
Phormidium ectocarpi
Leptolyngbya ercegovicii
Phormidium foveolarum
Phormidium fragile
Plectonema gracillimum
Lyngbya halophila
Lyngbya lagerheimii
Phormidium laminosum
Phormidium luridum
Leptolyngbya nana
Plectonema norvegicum
Plectonema nostocorum
Plectonema notatum
Lyngbya ochracea
Lyngbya perelegans
Schizothrix perforans st. typicus
Oscillatoria acuminata f. phormidioides
Leptolyngbya purpurascens
Lyngbya rivulariarum
Leptolyngbya subtilissima
Phormidium subuliforme
Plectonema terebrans
Phormidium truncatum
Leptolyngbya undosa
Phormidium valderianum
Phormidium weedii
Chroococcus limneticus
Lyngbya brachynema
Oscillatoria obliqueacuminata
Limnothrix redekei
Lyngbya aerugineo-coerulea f. minor
Lyngbya aestuarii
Lyngbya agardhii
Phormidium boryanum
Lyngbya confervoides
Lyngbya lutea
Lyngbya majuscula
Lyngbya martensiana
Leptolyngbya palikiana
Lyngbya semiplena
Lyngbya sordida
Mastigocladus laminosus
Mastigocoleus testarum
Merismopedia elegans
Merismopedia glauca
Merismopedia glauca f. mediterranea
Merismopedia minima
Merismopedia punctata
Merismopedia maior
Merismopedia tenuissima
Merismopedia trolleri
Merismopedia warmingiana
Microchaete grisea
Microchaete tenera
Oscillatoria amoena
Phormidium amoenum
Microcoleus lacustris
Microcoleus paludosus
Phormidium setchellianum
Microcoleus steenstrupii
Microcoleus vaginatus
Phormidium vulgare
Microcystis flos-aquae
Microcystis aeruginosa
Microcystis ichthyoblabe
Microcystis incerta
Microcystis marginata
Microcystis novacekii
Microcystis panniformis
Microcystis pulverea
Aphanocapsa pulchra
Microcystis viridis
Microcystis wesenbergii
Myxosarcina concinna
Nodularia harveyana
Nodularia spumigena
Nostoc calcicola
Nostoc commune
Nostoc humifusum
Nostoc letestui
Nostoc linckia
Nostoc microscopicum
Nostoc minutissimum
Nostoc paludosum
Nostoc punctiforme
Oculatella subterranea
Oscillatoria anguina
Oscillatoria bonnemaisonii
Oscillatoria corallinae
Oscillatoria ornata var. crassa
Oscillatoria curviceps
Oscillatoria laetevirens
Oscillatoria limosa
Oscillatoria margaritifera
Oscillatoria ornata
Oscillatoria princeps
Oscillatoria pseudoangusta
Oscillatoria putrida
Oscillatoria salina f. major
Oscillatoria rupicola
Oscillatoria sancta
Oscillatoria simplicissima
Oscillatoria subbrevis
Oscillatoria tenuis
Oscillatoria okenii f. phormidioides
Oscillatoria trichoides
Oscillatoria acuminata
Petalonema densum
Phormidium molle
Phormidiochaete nordstedtii
Oscillatoria acuminata f. longe-attenuata
Lyngbya aerugineo-coerulea
Phormidium ambiguum
Phormidium articulatum
Oscillatoria boryana
Oscillatoria brevis
Phormidium cf. griseoviolaceum
Oscillatoria chalybea
Phormidium corium
Lyngbya diguetii
Phormidium edessae
Phormidium endophyticum
Phormidium favosum
Phormidium feldmanni
Oscillatoria grunowiana
Leptolyngbya henningsii
Phormidium incrustans
Phormidium interruptum
Phormidium inundatum
Oscillatoria janthiphora
Phormidium jenkelianum
Phormidium kuetzingianum
Phormidium lacustre
Phormidium litorale
Phormidium macedonicum
Phormidium melanochroun
Phormidium minutum
Lyngbya molischi
Phormidium molle f. tenuior
Oscillatoria nigroviridis
Oscillatoria nigra
Phormidium pachydermaticum
Phormidium papyraceum
Phormidium retzii
Phormidium subfuscum
Phormidium submembranaceum
Oscillatoria tanganyikae
Oscillatoria terebriformis
Phormidium tergestinum
Oscillatoria subuliformis
Phormidium uncinatum
Oscillatoria willei
Lyngbya bipunctata
Lyngbya circumcreta
Lyngbya contorta
Lyngbya limnetica
Planktothrix agardhii
Oscillatoria cf. agardhii var. isothrix
Planktothrix mougeotii
Planktothrix rubescens
Plectonema araucanum
Plectonema tomassinianum
Pleurocapsa fuliginosa
Scopulonema minus
Lyngbya versicolor
Pseudanabaena galeata f. tenuis
Phormidium arcuatum
Pseudanabaena biceps
Pseudanabaena catenata
Pseudanabaena galeata
Oscillatoria limnetica
Pseudanabaena lonchoides
Phormidium mucicola
Pseudanabaena raphidioides
Pseudocapsa dubia
Plectonema battersii
Plectonema golenkinianum
Plectonema boryanum f. hollerbachianum
Plectonema radiosum
Pseudophormidium spelaeoides
Plectonema tenue
Plectonema endolithicum
Radiocystis geminata
Raphidiopsis mediterranea
Synechococcus curtus
Synechococcus linearis
Dactylococcopsis cf. elenkinii
Rivularia atra
Rivularia biasoletiana
Rivularia bullata
Dichothrix compacta var. calcarata
Rivularia haematites
Rivularia nitida
Rivularia polyotis
Romeria gracilis
Romeria simplex
Schizothrix affinis
Schizothrix arenaria
Schizothrix bosniaca
Schizothrix calcicola
Schizothrix coriacea
Schizothrix delicatissima
Schizothrix fasciculata
Schizothrix heufleri
Schizothrix lacustris
Schizothrix lardacea
Schizothrix lateritia
Schizothrix lenormandiana
Schizothrix simplicior
Schizothrix tenuis
Scytonema crispum st. chiastus
Scytonema hofmanii var. calcicola
Scytonema julianum
Scytonema myochrous
Scytonema polycystum
Scytonema mirabile
Calothrix crustacea
Siphononema polonicum
Snowella atomus
Gomphosphaeria lacustris
Snowella litoralis
Snowella septentrionalis
Hormathonema paulocellulare
Pannus microcystiformis
Anabaena aphanizomenoides
Spirulina caldaria
Spirulina corakiana
Spirulina labyrinthiformis
Spirulina major
Spirulina meneghiniana
Spirulina princeps
Spirulina subsalsa var. crassior
Spirulina subsalsa
Spirulina subtilissima
Spirulina tenerrima
Spirulina subsalsa st. versicolor
Staniera sublitoralis
Dermocarpa sphaerica
Chamaesiphon pseudopolymorphus
Stigonema hormoides
Stigonema mamillosum
Stigonema minutum
Symploca dubia
Symploca elegans
Symploca hydnoides
Symploca lacrimans
Symploca muralis
Symploca muscorum
Symploca radians
Symploca thermalis
Schizothrix penicillata
Synechoccus salinarum
Synechococcus elongatus f. thermalis
Synechococcus elongatus
Synechocystis aquatilis
Synechocystis crassa
Synechocystis diplococcus
Aphanocapsa endophytica
Synechocystis minuscula
Synechocystis pevalekii
Synechocystis salina
Synechocystis sallensis
Synechocystis thermalis
Homoeothrix crustacea
Homoeothrix varians
Tolypothrix cavernicola
Tolypothrix distorta
Anagnostidis 1968
Tolypothrix elenkinii
Tolypothrix fragilissima
Tolypothrix penicillata
Tolypothrix rivularis
Toxopsis calypsus
Microcoleus delicatulus
Microcoleus minimus
Microcoleus sociatus
Microcoleus tenerrimus
Microcoleus voukii
Oscillatoria cf. iwanoffiana
Trichodesmium erythraeum
Anabaena azollae
Anabaena thermalis
Anabaena variabilis
Woronichinia compacta
Coelosphaerium nägelianum
Xenococcus cf. pyriformis
Notes:
Xenococcus schousboei
Xenococcus kerneri
Sphaeronema lithophilum
A total of 543 species and 85 infraspecific taxa have been found in Greece up to date. The species are classified in 130 genera, 41 families, and 8 orders. The orders Synechococcales and Oscillatoriales have the highest number of species (158 and 153 species, respectively), whereas these two orders along with Nostocales and Chroococcales cover 93% of the known Greek cyanobacteria species (Fig.
List of infraspecific cyanobacterial taxa known to occur in Greece. For each taxon the first publication mentioning its occurrence in Greece is given.
Species |
Infraspecific epithet |
Reference |
Anabaena torulosa |
var. tenuis |
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Anabaena oscillarioides |
fa. circinalis |
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Aphanothece microscopica |
fa. endophytica |
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Entophysalis deusta |
st. solentioides |
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st. dermatocarpoides |
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st. dermocarpoides |
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st. gloeocapsoides |
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st. hormathonematoides |
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st. hyelloides |
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st. pleurocapsoides |
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st. tryponematoides |
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st. typicus |
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Gloeocapsa biformis |
st. derm. col. ralfsianus |
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st. derm. magma |
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st. dermochrous |
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st. nannocytosus |
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st. perdurans |
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st. punctatus |
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Gloeocapsa compacta |
st. perdurans |
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st. lam. col. magma |
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st. lam. col. typicus |
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st. lam. coloratus |
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st. nannocytosus |
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st. perdurans |
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st. simplex |
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Gloeocapsa kützingiana |
st. lam. col. magma |
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st. lam. coloratus |
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st. perdurans |
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st. rupestris |
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Gloeocapsa sanguinea |
st. col. alp. magma |
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st. col. alp. ralfsianus |
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st. col. ralfsianus |
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st. lam. col. alp. magma |
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st. lam. col. alpinus |
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st. lam. col. magma |
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st. lam. coloratus |
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st. perdurans |
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st. simplex |
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Mastigocladus laminosus |
fa. oscillariodes subfa. subrecta |
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fa. oscillariodes subfa. circinata |
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fa. oscillariodes subfa. spiroides |
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fa. pseudanabaenoides |
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fa. pseudanabaenoides subfa. subrecta |
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fa. pseudanabaenoides subfa. circinata |
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fa. pseudanabaenoides subfa. spiroides |
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fa. lyngbyoides |
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fa. lyngbyoides subfa. subrecta |
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fa. lyngbyoides subfa. circinata |
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fa. phormidioides |
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fa. phormidioides subfa. subrecta |
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fa. phormidioides subfa. circinata |
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fa. plectonematoides |
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fa. symplocoides |
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fa. anabaenoides |
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fa. anabaenoides subfa. subrecta |
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fa. anabaenoides subfa. circinata |
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fa. anabaenoides subfa. spiroides |
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fa. nostocoides |
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fa. aulosiroides |
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fa. stigonematoides |
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fa. microchaetoides |
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fa. tolypotrichoides |
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fa. scytonematoides |
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fa. typica |
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fa. typica subfa. normalis |
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fa. typica subfa. brachytrichoides |
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fa. pallidus |
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fa. oscillariodes |
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fa. chroococcoides |
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fa. pleurocapsoides |
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Nostoc punctiforme |
var. populorum 1 |
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Pseudanabaena articulata |
fa. 2 |
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Pseudanabaena lonchoides |
fa. circinata |
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fa. crassior |
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fa. tenuis |
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Scytonema myochrous |
st. crustaceus |
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st. petalonema |
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st. petalonema |
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st. petalonema |
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st. typicus |
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Siphononema polonicum |
st. chamaesiphonoides |
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st. juvenilis |
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st. scopulonematoides |
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st. stigonematoides |
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Synechocystis aquatilis |
var. minor |
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1 The current taxonomic status is Nostoc punctiforme fa. populorum
2 The author does not identify a certain forma
List of cyanobacterial taxa known to occur in Greece with uncertain or not valid taxonomic status. For each taxon the publication mentioning its occurrence in Greece and the current taxonomic status is given.
Taxon |
Reference |
Current taxonomic status |
Achroonema lentum |
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unclassified below the Kingdom level ( |
Achroonema proteiforme |
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Achroonema angustum |
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Achroonema atriculatum |
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Achroonema splendens |
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Achroonema subsalsum |
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Desmanthos thiocrenophilum (?) |
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Pelonema aphane |
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Pelonema cf. subtilissimum |
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Pelonema pseudovacuolatum |
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Pelonema subtilissimum |
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Pelonema tenue |
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Peloploca ferruginea (?) |
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Peloploca taeniata |
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Peloploca undulata |
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Pleurocapsa crepidinum |
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needs revision; possibly a Chroococcidiopsis species ( |
Aphanothece nidulans var. nidulans |
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uncertain; Algabase ( |
Hydrocoleus homoeotrichus |
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needs revision; sensu Anagnostidis et al 1983, probably belongs to the Oscillatoriaceae according to trichome structure, and into the genus Blennothrix ( |
Achroonema pseudangustum |
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not valid ( |
Scolecia filosa |
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Ichnotaxa produced by unknown heterotrophic organisms ( |
Gloeocapsa polydermatica |
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Sporotetras polydermatica [Chlorophyta] ( |
A thorough review of the relevant literature revealed that 543 species of cyanobacteria have been reported up to date from Greece. The species recorded from this area are classified in 130 genera and 41 families, all of the 8 orders of the class Cyanophyceae (
A number of species reported in Greece were found to be of not valid or of uncertain taxonomic status: The species Pleurocapsa crepidinum is possibly a Chroococcidiopsis species and needs revision (
It is worth mentioning that 18 of the species included in the list have been initially described from Greek habitats. The marine epilithic Ammatoidea aegea described from Saronikos Gulf (Aegean Sea) (
To the best of our knowledge, the list of Greek cyanobacteria compiled for the needs of the present study is the first list of both freshwater and marine Cyanophyceae in the Mediterranean. There is another list presenting 327 species from Israel (
This paper is dedicated to the memory of Professor Konstantinos Anagnostidis (12 December 1924-9 December 1994), whose pioneer work on cyanobacterial diversity has paved the way for modern cyanobacterial taxonomy and the study of Phycology in Greece.
This study was supported by the LifeWatchGreece Infrastructure, (MIS 384676), funded by the Greek Government under the General Secretariat of Research and Technology (GSRT), ESFRI Projects, National Strategic Reference Framework (NSRF).
SG gratefully acknowledges Prof. Eleni Voultsiadou for critically reading the manuscript, useful suggestions, and fruitful discussions. We thank Dr. Vasilis Gerovasileiou for his support.
SG conceived, designed and supervised this project, and prepared the manuscript. IO and NP collected the data. IO, MP, and SG and built the database.