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List of biogeographic provinces

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The following list of biogeographic provinces was developed by Miklos Udvardy in 1975, later modified by other authors.

Contents

Afrotropical Realm

  • Tropical humid forests
  • Guinean Rainforest
  • Congo Rainforest
  • Malagasy Rainforest
  • Tropical dry or deciduous forests (incl. Monsoon forests) or woodlands
  • West African Woodland/Savanna
  • East African Woodland/Savanna
  • Congo Woodland/Savanna
  • Miombo Woodland/Savanna
  • South African Woodland/Savanna
  • Malagasy Woodland/Savanna
  • Malagasy Thorn Forest
  • Evergreen sclerophyllous forests, scrubs or woodlands
  • Cape Sclerophyll
  • Warm deserts and semideserts
  • Western Sahel
  • Eastern Sahel
  • Somalian
  • Namib
  • Kalahari
  • Karroo
  • Mixed mountain and highland systems with complex zonation
  • Ethiopian Highlands
  • Guinean Highlands
  • Central African Highlands
  • East African Highlands
  • South African Highlands
  • Mixed island systems
  • Ascension and St. Helena Islands
  • Comores Islands and Aldabra
  • Mascarene Islands
  • Lake systems
  • Lake Rudolph
  • Lake Ukerewe (Victoria)
  • Lake Tanganyika
  • Lake Malawi (Nyassa)
  • Antarctic Realm

  • Tundra communities and barren Antarctic desert
  • Subtropical and temperate rain forests or woodlands
  • Australian Realm

  • Tropical humid forests
  • Queensland Coastal
  • Subtropical and temperate rain forests or woodlands
  • Tasmanian
  • Tropical dry or deciduous forests (incl. Monsoon forests) or woodlands
  • Northern Coastal
  • Evergreen sclerophyllous forests, scrubs or woodlands
  • Western Sclerophyll
  • Eastern Sclerophyll
  • Brigalow
  • Warm deserts and semideserts
  • Western Mulga
  • Central Desert
  • Southern Mulga/Saltbush
  • Tropical grasslands and savannas
  • Northern Savanna
  • Northern Grasslands
  • Temperate grasslands
  • Eastern Grasslands and Savannas
  • Indomalayan Realm

  • Tropical humid forests
  • Malabar Rainforest
  • Ceylonese Rainforest
  • Bengalian Rainforest
  • Burman Rainforest
  • Indochinese Rainforest
  • South Chinese Rainforest
  • Malayan Rainforest
  • Tropical dry or deciduous forests (incl. Monsoon forests) or woodlands
  • Indus-Ganges Monsoon Forest
  • Burma Monsoon Forest
  • Thailandian Monsoon Forest
  • Mahanadian
  • Coromandel
  • Ceylonese Monsoon Forest
  • Deccan Thorn Forest
  • Warm deserts and semideserts
  • Thar Desert
  • Mixed island systems
  • Seychelles and Amirantes Islands
  • Laccadives Islands
  • Maldives and Chagos Islands
  • Cocos-Keeling and Christmas Islands
  • Andaman and Nicobar Islands
  • Sumatra
  • Java
  • Lesser Sunda Islands
  • Celebes
  • Borneo
  • Philippines
  • Taiwan
  • Nearctic Realm

  • Subtropical and temperate rain forests or woodlands
  • Sitkan
  • Oregonian
  • Temperate needle-leaf forests or woodlands
  • Yukon Taiga
  • Canadian Taiga
  • Temperate broad-leaf forests or woodlands, and subpolar deciduous thickets
  • Eastern Forest
  • Austroriparian
  • Evergreen sclerophyllous forests, scrubs or woodlands
  • Californian
  • Warm deserts and semideserts
  • Sonoran
  • Chihuahuan
  • Tamaulipan
  • Cold-winter (continental) deserts and semideserts
  • Great Basin
  • Tundra communities and barren Arctic desert
  • Aleutian Islands
  • Alaskan Tundra
  • Canadian Tundra
  • Arctic Archipelago
  • Greenland Tundra
  • Arctic Desert and Icecap
  • Temperate grasslands
  • Grasslands
  • Mixed mountain and highland systems with complex zonation
  • Rocky Mountains
  • Sierra-Cascade
  • Madrean-Cordilleran
  • Lake systems
  • Great Lakes
  • Neotropical Realm

  • Tropical humid forests
  • Campechean
  • Panamanian
  • Colombian Coastal
  • Guayanan
  • Amazon rainforest
  • Madeiran
  • Serra do Mar (Bahian coast)
  • Subtropical and temperate rain forests or woodlands
  • Brazilian Rainforest (Brazilian Deciduous Forest)
  • Brazilian Planalto (Brazilian Araucaria Forest)
  • Valdivian Forest (Chilean Temperate Rain Forest)
  • Chilean Nothofagus
  • Tropical dry or deciduous forests (incl. Monsoon forests) or woodlands
  • Everglades
  • Sinaloan
  • Guerreran
  • Yucatecan (Yucatán)
  • Central American (Carib-Pacific)
  • Venezuelan Dry Forest
  • Venezuelan Deciduous Forest
  • Ecuadoran Dry Forest
  • Caatinga
  • Gran Chaco
  • Temperate broad-leaf forests or woodlands, and subpolar deciduous thickets
  • Chilean Araucaria Forest
  • Evergreen sclerophyllous forests, scrubs or woodlands
  • Chilean Sclerophyll
  • Warm deserts and semideserts
  • Pacific Desert (Peruvian and Atacama Desert)
  • Monte (Argentinian Thorn-scrub)
  • Cold-winter (continental) deserts and semideserts
  • Patagonian
  • Tropical grasslands and savannas
  • Los Llanos, Venezuela
  • Campos Limpos (Guyana highlands)
  • Babacu
  • Campos Cerrados (Campos)
  • Temperate grasslands
  • Argentinian Pampas (Pampas)
  • Uruguayan Pampas
  • Mixed mountain and highland systems with complex zonation
  • Northern Andean
  • Colombian Montane
  • Yungas (Andean cloud forest)
  • Puna
  • Southern Andean
  • Mixed island systems
  • Bahamas-Bermudan
  • Cuban
  • Greater Antillean (Jamaica, Hispaniola and Puerto Rico)
  • Lesser Antillean
  • Revilla Gigedo Island
  • Cocos Island
  • Galapagos Islands
  • Fernando de Noronja Island
  • South Trindade Island
  • Lake systems
  • Lake Titicaca
  • Oceanian Realm

  • Mixed island systems
  • Papuan
  • Micronesian
  • Hawaiian
  • Southeastern Polynesian
  • Central Polynesian
  • New Caledonian
  • East Melanesian
  • Palearctic Realm

  • Subtropical and temperate rain forests or woodlands
  • Chinese Subtropical Forest
  • Japanese Evergreen Forest (Japanese Subtropical Forest)
  • Temperate needle-leaf forests or woodlands
  • West Eurasian Taiga
  • East Siberian Taiga
  • Temperate broad-leaf forests or woodlands, and subpolar deciduous thickets
  • Icelandic
  • Subarctic Birchwoods
  • Kamchatkan
  • British Isles (British and Irish Forest)
  • Atlantic (West European Forest)
  • Boreonemoral (Baltic Lowland)
  • Middle European Forest (East European Mixed Forest)
  • Pannonian (Danubian Steppe)
  • West Anatolian
  • Manchu-Japanese Mixed Forest
  • Oriental Deciduous Forest
  • Evergreen sclerophyllous forests, scrubs or woodlands
  • Iberian Highlands
  • Mediterranean Sclerophyll
  • Warm deserts and semideserts
  • Sahara
  • Arabian Desert (Arabia)
  • Anatolian-Iranian Desert (Turkish-Iranian Scrub-steppe)
  • Cold-winter (continental) deserts and semideserts
  • Turanian (Kazakh Desert Scrub-steppe)
  • Talka-Makan-Gobi Desert
  • Tibetan
  • Iranian Desert
  • Tundra communities and barren Arctic desert
  • Arctic Desert
  • Higharctic Tundra
  • Lowarctic Tundra
  • Temperate grasslands
  • Atlas Steppe (Atlas Highlands)
  • Pontian Steppe (Ukraine-Kazakh Steppe)
  • Mongolian-Manchurian Steppe (Gobi-Manchurian Steppe)
  • Mixed mountain and highland systems with complex zonation
  • Scottish Highlands
  • Central European Highlands
  • Balkan Highlands
  • Caucaso-Iranian Highlands (Caucasus and Kurdistan-Iran Highlands)
  • Altai Highlands
  • Pamir-Tian Shan Highlands
  • Hindu Kush Highlands
  • Himalayan Highlands
  • Szechwan Highlands
  • Mixed island systems
  • Macaronesian Islands
  • Ryukyu Islands
  • Lake systems
  • Lake Ladoga
  • Aral Sea
  • Lake Baikal
  • References

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