The Australian Algae Name Index (AANI) is a tool for the botanical community that deals with algae names and their usage in the scientific literature, whether as a current name or synonym. AANI does not recommend any particular taxonomy or nomenclature. For a listing of currently accepted scientific names for the Australian Algae, please use the Australian Algae List (AAL) link above.
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PadinaaustralisHaucklegitimate
by Sonder, O.W.(1871), Die Algen des tropischen Australiens.Abhandlungen aus dem Gebiete der Naturwissenschaften5: 47(in part)
Comment:This record is relies on the MELU specimens labelled P. gymnospora from Cape York. Other authors have also used the name P. gymnospora for specimens of P. australis.
Comment:The Cape York specimens cited by Sonder are either Padina australis or P. tetrastromatica (Phillips & Price Aust. Syst. Bot. 10:695-696). Lucas (1961) records are not from newly collected material.
AMANI dist.:New South Wales (Peronian, Lord Howe Island), Western Australia (Flindersian, Dampierian), Northern Territory (Dampierian), Queensland (Dampierian, Great Barrier Reef, Peronian), Norfolk Island. World: Tropical cosmopolitan.