Melanesia and Micronesia region

Japanese: Melanesia and Micronesia region(英語表記)MelanesiaandMicronesiaregion
Melanesia and Micronesia region

…According to this, most of the Japanese archipelago is in the Sino-Japanese region, which is common to the region from China to the Himalayas, and includes the area from southern Sakhalin to the southern Kuril Islands in the north. The Nansei Islands south of the Tokara Islands are in the Continental South East Asian region, along with Taiwan, Indochina, Thailand, and Myanmar. It is not clear whether the Ogasawara Islands belong to the Sino-Japanese region or the Melanesia-Micronesia region, but Good places them in the Melanesia and Micronesia region. There are some characteristics in the distribution of plants in the Japanese archipelago, but there is no consensus on the type of distribution area. …

*Some of the terminology that refers to the "Melanesia and Micronesia region" is listed below.

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Japanese:

…これによると,日本列島の大部分は中国からヒマラヤにかけての地域と共通で,日華植物区系区Sino‐Japanese regionとなり,北は南サハリンから南千島までを含むことになる。吐噶喇(とから)列島以南の南西諸島は,台湾やインドシナ,タイ,ミャンマーなどと東南アジア区系区Continental South East Asian regionとなり,小笠原諸島については日華区系に入るのかメラネシア・ミクロネシア区系に入るのか,明快にどちらかは決めかねるところであるが,グッドはメラネシア・ミクロネシア区系区Melanesia and Micronesia regionに入れている。 日本列島における植物の分布についてもいくつかの特徴がみられるが,分布域の類型には定説はない。…

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