Floristic zoning

Floristic zoning - zoning of the Earth's surface into subordinate regions that differ in floristic composition. The largest units of floristic zoning are kingdoms, sub kingdoms, regions, subregions, provinces, districts.

The English botanist Ronald Goode (1896-1992) identified six floristic kingdoms, later this division was specified and detailed by the Soviet botanist Armen Takhtadzhyan (1910-2009). In the most common regionalization system of Takhtadzhyan, 6 floristic kingdoms and 35 regions are distinguished:

Floristic zoning map

1. Holarctic Kingdom
   • Boreal kingdom
   1. Circumboreal area
   2. East Asian region
   3. Atlantic North American Region
   4. Rocky Mountains Area
   • Ancient Mediterranean kingdom
   1. Macaronesian region
   2. Mediterranean area
   3. Sahara-Arabian region
   4. Iran-Turan region
   • Madrean Kingdom
   1. Madrean region
2. Paleotropic kingdom
   • African kingdom
   1. Guinea-Congolese region
   2. Sudan-Zambesia region
   3. Karru Namiba Region
   4. Area of ​​the islands of St. Helena and Ascension
   • Madagascar kingdom
   1. Madagascar region (floristic)
   • Indo-Malaysian kingdom
   1. Indian region
   2. Indochina region
   3. Malaysian region
   4. Fijian region
   • Polynesian kingdom
   1. Polynesian region
   2. Hawaii region
   • New Caledonian Kingdom
   1. New Caledonian region
3. Neotropic kingdom
   1. Caribbean
   2. Guiana Highlands
   3. Amazon region
   4. Brazil region
   5. Andean region
4. Kingdom of cape
   1. Cape region
5. Kingdom of australia
   1. Northeast Australian Region
   2. South West Australian Region
   3. Central Australian Region
6. Holantarctic kingdom
   1. Juan Fernandez Region
   2. Chilean Patagonian Region
   3. Subantarctic Islands Area
   4. New Zealand Region