Article

Contribution to the flora of Mt Symvolo in the Kavala regional unit (NE Greece)

Authors:
Tsachouridis M.
,
Theodoropoulos K.
,
Eleftheriadou E.
Publication: Flora Mediterranea
Pages: 65-74
Article history:

  1. Received

  2. returned for (first) revision

  3. Accepted

  4. Published online

Abstract

Mt Symvolo is in the Kavala Regional Unit in North-Eastern Greece. This contribution to the flora of the study area consists of 777 taxa, which belong to 386 genera and 92 families. The most species-rich families are: Asteraceae, Fabaceae, Poaceae, Brassicaceae, Lamiaceae, Caryophyllaceae and Rosaceae, whereas 28 families contribute with only one taxon. The most species-rich genera are: Trifolium, Vicia and Euphorbia, and 230 genera have only one taxon. Most of them are therophytes (329 taxa), followed by hemicryptophytes (254 taxa), phanerophytes (82 taxa), geophytes (81 taxa), chamaephytes (30 taxa) and aquatics (1 taxon). The high percentage of therophytes reflects the mediterranean character of the flora. Most of the taxa (356 taxa) are Mediterranean (175 taxa Mediterranean, 81 taxa Mediterranean-European, 62 taxa Mediterranean-SW Asian, etc.), followed by the Widespread unit with 327 taxa (156 taxa European-SW Asian, 47 taxa Paleotemperate, etc.) and the Balkan unit with 65 taxa (31 taxa Balkan-Anatolian, 24 taxa Balkan, etc.).

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