Author:
Menezes Mariângela,Bicudo Carlos E. M.,Moura Carlos W. N.,Alves Aigara M.,Santos Alana A.,Pedrini Alexandre de G.,Araújo Andréa,Tucci Andrea,Fajar Aurelio,Malone Camila,Kano Cecília H.,Sant'Anna Célia L.,Branco Ciro Z.,Odebrecht Clarisse,Peres Cleto K.,Neuhaus Emanuel B.,Eskinazi-Leça Enide,Aquino Eveline,Nauer Fabio,Santos Gabriel N.,Amado Filho Gilberto M.,Lyra Goia M.,Borges Gyslaine C.P.,Costa Iara O.,Nogueira Ina de S.,Oliveira Ivania B.,Paula Joel. C.de,Nunes José M. de C.,Lima Jucicleide C.,Santos Kleber R.S.,Ferreira Leandro C.,Gestinari Lísia M.S.,Cardoso Luciana S.,Figueiredo Marcia A.O.,Silva Marcos H.,Barreto Maria B.B.B.,Henriques Maria C.O.,Cunha Maria da G.G.S.,Bandeira-Pedrosa Maria E.,Oliveira-Carvalho Maria F.,Széchy Maria T.M.,Azevedo Maria T.P.,Oliveira Mariana C. de,Cabezudo Mariê M.,Santiago Marilene F.,Bergesh Marli,Fujii Mutuê T.,Bueno Norma C.,Necchi Jr. Orlando,Jesus Priscila B.,Bahia Ricardo G.,Khader Samir,Alves-da-Silva Sandra M.,Guimarães Silvia M.P.B.,Pereira Sonia M.B.,Caires Taiara A.,Meurer Thamis,Cassano Valéria,Werner Vera R.,Gama Jr. Watson A. da,Silva Weliton J. da
Abstract
Abstract An updated synthesis of cyanobacteria and algae information is presented for Brazil aiming to refine the data gathered to date and evaluate the progress of the biodiversity knowledge about these organisms in the country since the publication of the Catálogo de Plantas e Fungos do Brasil. The results of 2015 showed an increase of 1,250 species (35.7%) when compared to 2010, reaching a total of 4,747 species. The most diverse classes in species number were the Bacillariophyceae, Conjugatophyceae, Florideophyceae, Cyanophyceae, Dinophyceae and Euglenophyceae. Bacillariophyceae and Cyanophyceae had the highest increase in species number in the five-year interval. The Southeast and South regions were the most diverse, however, the Northeast, with the states of Piauí and Sergipe, and the Central-west region, with Mato Grosso, Goiás and Distrito Federal, also stood out in the national algal biodiversity scenario. Despite the shortage of taxonomists and limited infrastructure, the results showed a significant improvement in the knowledge regarding the diversity of cyanobacteria and algae in the country during the study period, starting to even out regional geographical differences caused by subsampling.
Subject
Horticulture,Plant Science
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