First Reports of Padina antillarum and P. glabra (Phyaeophyta-Dicytyotaceae) from Florida, with a Key to the Wetern Atlantic Species of the Genus

摘要

Padina antillarum (Kutzing) Piccone and P. glabra Gaillard are newly reported for Florida. The first speices, which has been widely reported for the Indo-Pacific under the name P. tetrastromatiica Hauck, has seldom been reported form the Western Atlantic. The type locality of P. antillarum is Trinidad In the Lesser Antilles, and there are reports of its occurrence form Venezuela and Colombia. Observations are Provide don tetrasporangiate and oogonial plants collected form Brevard County, Florida.