palaeotropical floral kingdom

Japanese: palaeotropical floral kingdom(英語表記)palaeotropicalfloralkingdom
palaeotropical floral kingdom

...It is divided into eight provinces, including the Sino-Japanese region. (2) Paleotropical Flora Kingdom It includes the area from the tropics of the Old World to the South Pacific Ocean, and is the same as the Paleotropics in the zoogeographical province in the west, but in the east, it is significantly different, for example, in the case of animals, the Wallace Line is drawn between the two and New Guinea is excluded from the Paleotropics. It is characterized by tropical rainforests and savannas, and has endemic families such as the Dipterocarpaceae and the Pandanusaceae.

*Some of the terminology that refers to "palaeotropical floral kingdom" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…八つの区系区に区分されるが,そのうちには日華植物区系区Sino‐Japanese regionも含まれる。(2)旧熱帯植物区系界palaeotropical floral kingdom 旧世界の熱帯から南太平洋までの地域を含み,動物地理区の旧熱帯区と西の方は同じであるが,動物の場合ウォーレス線でくぎられてニューギニアなどが旧熱帯区から外されているなど,東の方では大きく異なっている。熱帯多雨林とサバンナが特徴的で,フタバガキ科やタコノキ科のような特産科がある。…

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