Checklist of Ulvophyceae of the São Paulo State

Abstract

The checklist comprises an inventory achieved from 1999 by BIOTA/FAPESP Program, comparing with those realized from 1950. The list was also complemented with data from the State Herbarium Algae Collection (SP). The number of benthic marine chlorophytes mentioned for the State is 70 species, besides some in level of genera. From 1990 to 2010 the number of registered taxa was 60, some in level of genera. New citations for the State are 17 species, while other nine were no more mentioned at the last decade.