Records of Asian and Western Pacific Marine Algae, Particularly Algae 
from Indonesia and the Philippines 
Wm, Randolph Taylor 1 
Thirty years ago the marine algal flora of the 
Philippines was practically unknown. Records 
of the occurrence of several species have ex- 
isted, of course, from the time of Blanco 
(1837) onward, but they are few in number 
and can hardly be accepted as equivalent to 
current critical identifications. Strongly pressed 
by the late Professor H. H. Bartlett, a devoted 
promoter of Philippine botanical exploration 
and research, the present writer began the as- 
sembly of materials available in the herbaria 
in the United States, notably at the University 
of California at Berkeley. Of these the collec- 
tions of the late Professor W. A. Setchell, 
partly determined by him, were an important 
part. Much material was collected on request by 
correspondents in the Philippines, particularly 
by Professors Bartlett and G. T. Velasquez, and 
their assistants. 
For the identification of this material the 
descriptions by Mme. Anna Weber- van Bosse 
and her collaborators in the "Siboga” reports 
were the best available; so materials from Java 
were secured for comparison. Support for the 
study of this rich accumulation was not continu- 
ous, and other major opportunities with support 
came about, and so the writer’s personal par- 
ticipation in the project languished. The project 
was not altogether abandoned, however. A 
general account of the Chlorophyceae has ap- 
peared (Gilbert, 1942, 1943, 1946, 1947, 
1961), together with a brief outline of the his- 
tory of algal work in the area. The Halimedas 
were revised in a general study of that genus 
(Hillis, 1959), the Padinas similarly (Thivy, 
1945, inedit .), the Turbinarias and a few other 
genera studied (Taylor, 1961, 1962, 1964, 
1966 in press). Significant publication has 
come from the University of the Philippines 
(Velasquez, 1952, 1957, and several papers on 
Myxophyceae) . A number of determinations, 
1 University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. Manuscript 
received April 22, 1965. 
particularly in Chaetomorpha , were originally 
made by Professor A. J. Bernatowicz. Likewise, 
many specimens collected by Dr. D. P. Abbott 
were determined by Dr. I. A. Abbott. The 
writer has again been able to devote time to 
determining this material, and it is proposed 
to give here a supplementary account of Chloro- 
phyceae and of Phaeophyceae from localities not 
reported earlier. This is not intended to be a 
complete list of all species in these groups, for 
some of the records published earlier could not 
be confirmed. 
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 
For the loan of a very large amount of ma- 
terial from the University of California the 
writer is deeply indebted to Professor G. F. 
Papenfuss, for other materials to the curators at 
the New York Botanical Garden, the Farlow 
Plerbarium, Cambridge, the U. S. National 
Museum, the Rijksmuseum, Leiden, theJSTatur- 
historisches Museum, Vienna, the Museum Na- 
tionale d’Histoire Naturelle, Paris, the British 
Museum (Natural History), London, and the 
Naturhistoriska Riksmuseum, Stockholm. Speci- 
mens frequently received from Dr. H. M. 
Burkill (Botanic Gardens, Singapore) have 
been very valuable for comparison. Those from 
Dr. D. P. Abbott have extended many records 
southward in the Philippines. Dr. H. T. Croas- 
dale has kindly provided the Latin descriptions 
necessary. Support for the project has come 
from the Faculty Research Fund of the Horace 
Rackham Graduate School of the University of 
Michigan and, lately, from the National Science 
Foundation, Washington, D. C. 
EXPLANATION OF TREATMENT 
Because of the many station records offered here,, 
an explanation of the pattern of treatment is in order. 
Since a great proportion of the specimens are in the 
herbarium of the University of California at Berkeley, 
only nonconforming cases are noted. The dates given 
are of the 20th century unless otherwise stated fully. 
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