Floristic Regions of the World
Floristic Regions of the World by A. Takhtajan presents a widely accepted schema of biogeographical areas defined by environmental factors and floristic composition. It is a hierarchical schema that recognizes six floristic kingdoms, 35 floristic regions and 152 floristic provinces.
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Header section
- Title
- Floristic Regions of the World
- Permanent IRI (for citations and links)
- http://www.tdwg.org/standards/104
- Publisher
- Biodiversity Information Standards (TDWG)
- Ratified
- 1986
- Status
- Prior standard
- Abstract
- A book that describes the floristic divisions for the whole world, lists endemic families and genera, and provides examples of endemic species for each province
- Citation
- Takhtajan, A. 1986. Floristic Regions of the World Standard. IUBS Commission for Plant Taxonomic Databases (TDWG) http://www.tdwg.org/standards/104
Parts of the standard
This standard is comprised of one document.
Floristic Regions of the World
- Title
- Floristic Regions of the World
- Permanent IRI
- http://rs.tdwg.org/frw/doc/book/
- Created
- 1986-09-04
- Last modified
- 1986-09-04
- Contributors
- Armen Leonovich Takhtajan (author)
- Theodore J. Crovello (translator)
- Arthur Cronquist (editor)
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Abstract
- This book describes the floristic divisions for the whole world, lists endemic families and genera, and provides examples of endemic species for each province.
- Note
- First English Language Edition. Seems to be available in print only.
- Citation
- Takhtajan, A. L. 1986. Floristic Regions of the World. University of California Press. Berkeley, Los Angeles, London. xxii, 522 pp., 4 maps. ISBN 0520040279. http://rs.tdwg.org/frw/doc/book/