EX	Extinct
EW	Extinct In The Wild
CR	Critically Endangered
EN	Endangered
VU	Vulnerable
NT	Near Threatened
LC	Least Concern
DD	Data Deficient
NE	Not Evaluated

Gr	Greece, excluding Kriti, Karpathos, Kasos, Gavdhos (Cr) and Greek East Aegean Islands (AE)
Cr	Crete and Karpathos island groups
AE(G)	Greek East Aegean Islands

KK	Kriti & Karpathos
Kik	Kiklades
EAe	East Aegean Islands
Pe	Peloponnisos
StE	Sterea Ellas
IoI	Ionian Islands
WAe	West Aegean Islands
EC	East Central
SPi	Southern Pindos
NPi	Northern Pindos
NC	North Central
NE	North East
NAe	North Aegean Islands

Abbreviation	Habitat description
A	Freshwater habitats (Aquatic habitats, springs and fens, reedbeds and damp tall herb vegetation, seasonally flooded depressions, damp and seepage meadows, streambanks, river and lake shores)
C	Cliffs, rocks, walls, ravines, boulders
G	Temperate and submediterranean Grasslands (lowland to montane dry and mesic meadows and pastures, rock outcrops and stony ground, grassy non-ruderal verges and forest edges)
H	High mountain vegetation (subalpine and alpine grasslands, screes and rocks, scrub above the treeline)
M	Coastal habitats (Marine waters and mudflats, salt marshes, sand dunes, littoral rocks, halo-nitrophilous scrub)
P	Xeric Mediterranean Phrygana and grasslands (Mediterranean dwarf shrub formations, annual-rich pastures and lowland screes)
R	Agricultural and Ruderal habitats (fields, gardens and plantations, roadsides and trampled sites, frequently disturbed and pioneer habitats)
W	Woodlands and scrub (broadleaved and coniferous forest, riparian and mountain forest and scrub, hedges, shady woodland margins)

Abbreviation	Life-form	Life-form description
P	Phanerophyte	Perennial plants with perennating meristem (buds) at heights > 50 cm above ground (trees, shrubs, tall stem succulents, arboreal grasses)
C	Chamaephyte	Perennial plants with perennating meristem at heights < 50 cm above ground (pulvinate, frutescent, suffrutescent or low succulent dwarf shrubs or semi-woody herbs)
H	Hemicryptophyte	Perennial plants with periodically dying shoots and perennating meristem at the ground (scapose, caespitose, rosulate, semi-rosulate, stoloniferous or repent herbs)
G	Geophyte (Cryptophyte)	Perennials with above-ground parts periodically dying off and below-ground parts surviving the unfavourable period (which in the Mediterranean may be winter or summer) (bulbous, tuberous or rhizomatous herbs and helophytes)
T	Therophyte	Annuals, completing their life cycle, optionally several times, within one growing period, surviving the unfavourable period as seed or seedling (spring-green, summer-green or hibernating-green ephemerals)
A	Aquatic	Aquatic (submerged, emerged, or free-floating) short-lived or perennial herbs

Bk	Balkan	Taxa restricted to Balkan countries, occasionally extending to adjacent parts of SE Europe
BI	Balkan-Italy	Taxa restricted to Balkan countries and Italy (amphi-Adriatic)
BA	Balkan-Anatolia	Taxa restricted to Balkan countries and to Asia minor (Anatolia), occasionally extending to adjacent Caucasian countries (Georgia, Armenia), N Iraq, or the Crimea
BC	Balkan-Central Europe	Taxa distributed in the Balkans, Carpathians, Alps and adjacent areas (mainly in the mountains)
EM	East Mediterranean	Taxa restricted to the eastern Mediterranean, occasionally extending to adjacent Caucasian countries or S Italy, respectively
Me	Mediterranean	Taxa with a circum-Mediterranean distribution including Portugal, occasionally extending to the Caucasus area and N Iran
MA	Mediterranean-Atlantic	Taxa restricted to maritime western Europe and the Mediterranean
ME	Mediterranean-European	Taxa restricted to the Mediterranean and temperate Europe, occasionally extending to NW Africa and the Caucasus region
MS	Mediterranean-SW Asian	Taxa with a distribution range in one or more Mediterranean countries and extending to SW and C Asia
EA	European-SW Asian	European taxa (occasionally reaching N African countries) with a distribution range extending to SW Asia, occasionally reaching C Asia
ES	Euro-Siberian	Taxa with main distribution range in temperate Eurasia (occasionally reaching the Caucasus area)
Eu	European	Taxa with a distribution all over Europe. In southern European countries this category, in fact, represents the Central European element
Pt	Paleotemperate	Taxa of extratropical Eurasia including the Himalayas and E Asia, not (or at most marginally) extending to North America
Ct	Circumtemperate	Taxa of both extratropical Eurasia and N America
IT	Irano-Turanian	Taxa with main distribution range in arid SW and C Asia, extrazonally extending to the Mediterranean area
SS	Saharo-Sindian	Taxa with main distribution range in arid N Africa and SW Asia, extrazonally extending to the Mediterranean area
ST	Subtropical-tropical	Taxa widespread in the warmer regions of both hemispheres
Bo	Circum-) Boreal	Taxa with main distribution range in northern and high montane Eurasia (occasionally extending to North America)
AA	Arctic-Alpine	Taxa with main distribution range beyond the northern and above the high montane timberlines of Eurasia (occasionally extending to North America)
Co	Cosmopolitan	Taxa distributed in all continents, i.e. beyond the northern hemisphere. – This category may be given in brackets after the known or supposed native distribution in cases of taxa worldwide spread by man
[trop., subtrop., paleotrop., neotrop., pantrop., N-Am., S-Am., E-As., SE-As., S-Afr., Arab., Arab. NE-Afr., Caucas., Pontic, Europ., Austral.]	Origin of the alien taxa in [ ]	tropical, subtropical, paleotropical, neotropical, pantropical, N American, S American, E Asian, SE Asian, S African, Arabian, Arabian NE African, Caucasian, Pontic, European, Australian, unknown, etc., optionally a combination of these]
En	Greek endemics (incl. single-island and single-mountain endemics)	Taxa with a distribution range restricted to the territory of Greece, i.e. to one or more of the 13 floristic regions as adopted in Flora Hellenica vol. 1.

Dimopoulos P., Raus Th., Bergmeier E., Constantinidis Th., Iatrou G., Kokkini S., Strid A. & Tzanoudakis D. 2013: Vascular plants of Greece: An annotated checklist. – Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin-Dahlem; Athens: Hellenic Botanical Society. [Englera 31].