Genus Padina Adanson is widely distributed warm tropical waters plant and grows on upper-littoral to sub-littoral zones. A number of species has been described by Phycologists from different parts of the world. The present attempt is made to review the taxonomy and morphology to compile the monographic studies dealing with biodiversity and distribution of the Genus Padina. The present study describes the morphology, anatomy and distribution of thirty two species of Padina.
