Floristics (Phytogeography 🌱)
Floristics is the study of plants of geographical regions. It is a branch of phytogeography. Harvard University has a history of research with early contributions. For example, Asa Gray was a Harvard researcher who studied the plants of North America and its connections to Asia.
Nunatak hypothesis (Phytogeography 🌱)
In biogeography, particularly phytogeography, the nunatak hypothesis about the origin of a biota in formerly glaciated areas is the idea that some or many species have survived the inhospitable period on icefree land such as nunataks. Its antithesis is the tabula rasa hypothesis, which posits that all s...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nunatak_hypothesis
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Antarctic realm (Biogeography 🌍)
The Antarctic realm is one of eight terrestrial biogeographic realms. The ecosystem includes Antarctica and several island groups in the southern Atlantic and Indian oceans. The continent of Antarctica is so cold that it has supported only 2 vascular plants for millions of years, and its flora presently consists of around 250 lichens, 100 mosses,...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antarctic_realm
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Vagrancy (biology) (Phytogeography 🌱)
Vagrancy is a phenomenon in biology whereby an individual animal appears well outside its normal range; they are known as vagrants. The term accidental is sometimes also used. There are a number of poorly understood factors which might cause an animal to become a vagrant, including internal causes such as n...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vagrancy_(biology)
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Eastern Agricultural Complex (Phytogeography 🌱)
The Eastern Agricultural Complex in the woodlands of eastern North America was one of about 10 independent centers of plant domestication in the pre-historic world. Incipient agriculture dates back to about 5300 BCE. By about 1800 BCE the Native Americans of the woodlands were cultivating seve...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_Agricultural_Complex
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Azonal (Phytogeography 🌱)
In geography, azonal is an adjective that refers to processes or things that are not restricted to any climate zone. It can be used to describe soils, landforms, geomorphic processes or vegetation. Volcanism and mountain-related processes are examples of azonal processes as they are largely independent of Earth's climate belts. In some climatic environments azonal geomorphologic processes ...
Centres of Plant Diversity (Phytogeography 🌱)
Centres of Plant Diversity was established in 1998 as a joint classification initiative between the World Wildlife Fund and the International Union for Conservation of Nature intended to identify the areas in the world that are of the highest conservation value in terms of protecting the highest number of plant species. In 1998 there were 234 Cent...
Palearctic realm (Phytogeography 🌱)
The Palearctic or Palaearctic is a biogeographic realm of the Earth, the largest of eight. Confined almost entirely to the Eastern Hemisphere, it stretches across Europe and Asia, north of the foothills of the Himalayas, and North Africa. The realm consists of several bioregions: the Mediterranean Basin; ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palearctic_realm
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Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain Province (Phytogeography 🌱)
The Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain province is a coastal plain floristic province within the North American Atlantic Region, a floristic region within the Holarctic Kingdom. It lies to the east and south of the Appalachian province. It encompasses the Atlantic coastal plain...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlantic_and_Gulf_Coastal_Plain_Province
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Boreotropical flora (Phytogeography 🌱)
Boreotropical flora were plants that may have formed a belt of vegetation around the Northern Hemisphere during the Eocene epoch. These included forests composed of large, fast-growing trees as far north as 80°N.
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