
Four species of Gracilaria (Gracilariaceae, Rhodophyta) with textorii-type spermatangial conceptacles (subgenus Textoriella Yamamoto) are recorded for the Gulf of Mexico and the Mexican Caribbean: Gracilaria blodgettii, G. cervicornis, G. mammillaris, and G. tikvahiae. The general distribution of the subgenus for Central America, both Pacific and Atlantic, displays a disjunct pattern explainable based on the geologic vicariant events that interrupted the connection between Pacific and Atlantic at the Isthmuses of Panama (closed 3.1-2.8 million years ago), and Tehuantepec (southern Mexico, closed 4-3.5 million years ago). Gracilaria cuneata/G. crispata, and G. mammillaris (G. hayi)/G. veleroae are 2 pairs of sibling species, or sister taxa, that diverged as a result of the final emergence of the Isthmus, and of the same age as the Central American Isthmus itself.Se registran 4 especies de Gracilaria (Gracilariaceae, Rhodophyta) con conceptáculos espematangiales tipo textorii- (subgénero Textoriella Yamamoto) para el golfo de México y Caribe mexicano: Gracilaria blodgettii, G. cervicornis, G. mammillaris y G. tikvahiae. La distribución general del subgénero para Atlántico y Pacífico de Centroamérica despliega un patrón disyunto explicable por los eventos geológicos vicariantes que interrumpieron la conexión entre Pacífico y Atlántico en los istmos de Panamá (cerrado hace aprox. 3.1-2.8 millones de años) y Tehuantepec (sur de México, cerrado hace aprox. 4-3.5 millones de años). Gracilaria cuneata/G. crispata y G. mammillaris (= G. hayi)/ G. veleroae corresponden a 2 pares de especies hermanas que divergieron como resultado de la emersión del istmo, y con aproximadamente la misma edad del istmo centroamericano.
QH301-705.5, biogeografía, Textoriella, florística, Gracilaria, Biology (General), biogeography, floristics
QH301-705.5, biogeografía, Textoriella, florística, Gracilaria, Biology (General), biogeography, floristics
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