Dictyotaceae
Padina elegans Koh ex Womersley , legitimate, scientific
Womersley, H.B.S. (1987), The marine benthic flora of southern Australia. Part II: 220, Figs 74B-C, 75K-M [tax. nov.]
  • Type locality: Type from Mudurup Reef, Cottesloe, W. Aust. (Koh, 17.iii.1969; holotype in UWA, A962).
  • Type specimen: HOLOTYPE: University of W.A.: A962
Huisman, J.M. (2000), Marine Plants of Australia: - [secondary reference]
  • APC Comment: ABRS (2011) uses this taxon concept.
ABRS (2011), Australian Algal Name Index Edn. 2011: - [secondary reference]
  • Comment: Womersley 1967 Australian Journal of Botany 15:222 cites specimen # AD A19325, referring it to as P. commersonii. In Womersley 1987 it is included in P. elegans.
  • AMANI dist.: South Australia (Flindersian), Western Australia (Flindersian, Houtman Abrolhos, Dampierian).