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Update of the Brazilian floristic list of Algae and Cyanobacteria

2015; Rio de Janeiro Botanical Garden Research Institute; Volume: 66; Issue: 4 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1590/2175-7860201566408

2175-7860

Mariângela Menezes, Carlos Eduardo de Mattos Bicudo, Carlos Wallace do Nascimento Moura, Aigara Miranda Alves, Alana Araujo Dos Santos, Alexandre de Gusmão Pedrini, Andréa Onofre de Araújo, Andréa Tucci, Aurelio Fajar, Camila Francieli da Silva Malone, Cecília H. Kano, Célia Leite Sant’Anna, Ciro César Zanini Branco, Clarisse Odebrecht, Cleto Kaveski Peres, Emanuel Bruno Neuhaus, Enide ESKINAZI-LEÇA, Eveline Pinheiro de Aquino, Fábio Nauer, Gabriel N. Santos, Gilberto M. Amado Filho, Goia de Mattos Lyra, Gyslaine C.P. Borges, Iara Oliveira Costa, Ina de Souza Nogueira, Ivânia Batista de Oliveira, Joel Campos De‐Paula, José Marcos de Castro Nunes, Jucicleide C. Lima, Kleber R.S. Santos, Leandro Cabanez Ferreira, Lísia M. S. Gestinari, Luciana S. Cardoso, Marcia Abreu de Oliveira Figueiredo, Marcos H. Silva, Maria B.B.B. Barreto, Maria C.O. Henriques, Maria da G.G.S. Cunha, Maria Elizabeth Bandeira-Pedrosa, Maria F. Oliveira-Carvalho, Maria Teresa Menezes de Széchy, Maria T.P. Azevedo, Mariana C. Oliveira, Mariê Mello Cabezudo, Marilene Felipe Santiago, Marli Bergesh, Mutuê T. Fujii, Norma Catarina Bueno, Orlando Necchi, Priscila Barreto de Jesus, Ricardo G. Bahia, Samir Khader, Sandra Maria Alves-da-Silva, Silvia Maria Pita de Beauclair Guimarães, Sônia Maria Barreto Pereira, Taiara Aguiar Caires, Thamis Meurer, Valéria Cassano, Vera Regina Werner, Watson Arantes Gama, Weliton J. da Silva,

Algal biology and biofuel production

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.