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It includes flora taxa that are native to Eastern Asia. Taxa of the lowest rank are always included. Higher taxa are included only if endemic. For the purposes of this category, "Eastern Asia (WGSRPD)" is defined in accordance with the World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions.
The flora of Indomalaya blends elements from the ancient supercontinents of Laurasia and Gondwana. Gondwanian elements were first introduced by India, which detached from Gondwana approximately 90 MYA , carrying its Gondwana-derived flora and fauna northward, which included cichlid fish and the plant families Crypteroniaceae and possibly ...
The Philippines was never connected to mainland Asia via land bridges, [dubious – discuss] so the flora and fauna of the islands had to cross ocean straits to reach the Philippines. The Philippines is part of the Indomalayan realm , and its flora and fauna is mostly derived from tropical Asia.
The flora of the Philippines boasts a diverse array of plant species given its location in the great Malaysian flora. The Malaysian Phytogeographic zone is considered to be one of the most important centers for plant diversity because of the multitude and variance of species occupying that zone. [ 1 ]
Flora of Eastern Asia (6 C, 147 P) I. Flora of the Indian subcontinent (12 C, 385 P) Flora of Indo-China (10 C, 691 P) Indomalayan realm flora (24 C, 134 P)
Using the Flora Malesiana definition, Malesia has a shared tropical flora derived mostly from Asia, but also with numerous elements of the Antarctic flora, including many species in the southern conifer families Podocarpaceae and Araucariaceae. [citation needed] Malesia is a hotspot of global biodiversity.
A forest in Sichuan Bamboo forest in Lushan, China 1000-year-old Cercidiphyllum japonicum. The Eastern Asiatic region (also known as Oriasiaticum, Sino-Japanese region, East Asian region, Temperate Eastern region) is the richest floristic region within the Holarctic kingdom and situated in temperate East Asia.
An electronic Flora is an online resource which provides descriptions of the associated plants, often also providing identification keys, or partial identification keys, to the plants described. Some Floras point to the literature associated with the plants of the region (flora Malesiana), others seek to show the plants of a region using images ...