Taxonomic Revision and List of Cyanophyta from the Greater Antilles (Cuba, Haiti, Hispaniola, Jamaica, and Puerto Rico). Pt 2

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to document the <i>Cyanobacteriota</i> from Greater Antilles and to revise and update nomenclature to reflect current taxonomic understanding for previously documents species. From part 2 of the algal taxa list, I summarized information for over 262 species. This total and with 328 (Smith, 2023) totals, there are 590 taxa and synonyms reported from this publication in published accounts of collections made from the Greater Antilles islands. <i>Oscillatoriales</i> (63 <i>Microcoleaceae</i>, 54 <i>Oscillatoriaceae </i>and <i>Aerosakkonemataceae</i> and <i>Ammatoideaceae</i> only had one species each) was the most abundant order within in this paper with 119 species. <i>Leptolyngbyales</i> was the second most abundant order with 67 species (34 <i>Trichocoleusaceae,</i> 33 <i>Leptolyngbyaceae</i>). <i>Coleofasciculales </i>was the third most abundant order with 18 species (16 <i>Coleofasciculaceae</i>, 2 <i>Wilmottiaceae</i>). <i>Chroococcidiopsidales</i> had 14 species (12 <i>Aliterellaceae </i>and 2 <i>Chroococcidiopsidaceae), Gomontiellales </i>had 11 species (9 <i>Chamaesiphonaceae, </i>1 <i>Cyanothecaceae, </i>1 <i>Gomontiellaceae</i>), <i>Synechococcales</i> had 9 species (6 <i>Synechococcaceae,</i> 2 <i>Coelosphaeriaceae </i>and 1 <i>Synechococcales</i> familia incertae sedis), <i>Spirulinales (Spirulinaceae)</i>, and <i>Pleurocapsales</i> (4 <i>Xenococcaceae</i> and <i>Dermocarpellaceae, Hydrococcaceae, Pleurocapsaceae</i> only had one species each) both had 7 species, <i>Geitlerinematales </i>had 3 species (<i>Geitlerinemataceae), Pseudanabaenales (Pseudanabaenaceae)</i> had 2 species while <i>Desertifilales, Glaucocystales, Nodosilineales, Oculatellales</i> and <i>Prokaryota</i> ordo incertae sedis only had one species each.