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Floristic Zone

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This is a test version of the LIAS Glossary. Many definitions presented here are still in need of revision! Criticism as well as collaboration is welcome!
floristic zone (noun, biogeography term, pl. floristic zones; synonym: distribution belt) – the major distribution regions of the earth's flora roughly follow the latitudes, i. e., they form belts around the globe and are roughly equivalent with the climatic belts around the earth; from North to South the following zones may be distinguished: arctic, boreal, temperate, meridional, boreosubtropical, tropical, austrosubtropical, austral and antarctic; Related terms: floristic province, floristic kingdom.

The following glossary entries refer to this term and include (among others) those defined as a kind of floristic zone:

  1. Antarctic Zone
  2. Arctic Zone
  3. Austral Zone
  4. Austrosubtropic Zone
  5. Boreal Zone
  6. Boreosubtropic Zone
  7. Distribution Belt
  8. Holarctic Zone
  9. Mediterranean Zone
  10. Meridional Zone
  11. Nearctic Zone
  12. Palaearctic Zone
  13. Subtropic Zone
  14. Temperate Zone
  15. Tropical Zone
  16. Zonal
  17. Zone

See also other kind-of categorizations, categories in general, or the top level categories.
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Referenced by: Antarctic Zone, Arctic Zone, Austral Zone, Austrosubtropic Zone, Boreal Zone, Boreosubtropic Zone, Distribution Belt, Holarctic Zone, Mediterranean Zone, Meridional Zone, Nearctic Zone, Palaearctic Zone, Subtropic Zone, Temperate Zone, Tropical Zone, Zonal, Zone
Resources: Flora Australia Fungi Lichens | Ill. Myc. Ass. | Sydney Gloss.: A-B C-M N-Z | Cornell Pl. Path. | APS Pl. Path.: A-D E-H I-M N-R S-V W-Z.
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