List of biogeographic provinces
Biogeographic Province is a biotic subdivision of realms.
The following list of biogeographic provinces was developed by Miklos Udvardy in 1975, later modified by other authors.
[Afrotropical Realm]
- Tropical humid forests
- * Guinean Rainforest
- * Congo Rainforest
- * Malagasy Rainforest
- Tropical dry or deciduous forests or woodlands
- * West African Woodland/Savanna
- * East African Woodland/Savanna
- * Congo Woodland/Savanna
- * Miombo Woodland/Savanna
- * South African Woodland/Savanna
- * Malagasy Woodland/Savanna
- * Malagasy Thorn Forest
- Evergreen sclerophyllous forests, scrubs or woodlands
- * Cape Sclerophyll
- Warm deserts and semideserts
- * Western Sahel
- * Eastern Sahel
- * Somalian
- * Namib
- * Kalahari
- * Karroo
- Mixed mountain and highland systems with complex zonation
- * Ethiopian Highlands
- * Guinean Highlands
- * Central African Highlands
- * East African Highlands
- * South African Highlands
- Mixed island systems
- * Ascension and St. Helena Islands
- * Comores Islands and Aldabra
- * Mascarene Islands
- Lake systems
- * Lake Rudolph
- * Lake Ukerewe
- * Lake Tanganyika
- * Lake Malawi
[Antarctic Realm]
- Tundra communities and barren Antarctic desert
- Subtropical and temperate rain forests or woodlands
[Australasian Realm]
- Tropical humid forests
- * Queensland Coastal
- Subtropical and temperate rain forests or woodlands
- * Tasmanian
- Tropical dry or deciduous forests or woodlands
- * Northern Coastal
- Evergreen sclerophyllous forests, scrubs or woodlands
- * Western Sclerophyll
- * Eastern Sclerophyll
- * Brigalow
- Warm deserts and semideserts
- * Western Mulga
- * Central Desert
- * Southern Mulga/Saltbush
- Tropical grasslands and savannas
- * Northern Savanna
- * Northern Grasslands
- Temperate grasslands
- * Eastern Grasslands and Savannas
[Indomalayan Realm]
- Tropical humid forests
- * Malabar Rainforest
- * Ceylonese Rainforest
- * Bengalian Rainforest
- * Burman Rainforest
- * Indochinese Rainforest
- * South Chinese Rainforest
- * Malayan Rainforest
- Tropical dry or deciduous forests or woodlands
- * Indus-Ganges Monsoon Forest
- * Burma Monsoon Forest
- * Thailandian Monsoon Forest
- * Mahanadian
- * Coromandel
- * Ceylonese Monsoon Forest
- * Deccan Thorn Forest
- Warm deserts and semideserts
- * Thar Desert
- Mixed island systems
- * Seychelles and Amirantes Islands
- * Laccadives Islands
- * Maldives and Chagos Islands
- * Cocos-Keeling and Christmas Islands
- * Andaman and Nicobar Islands
- * Sumatra
- * Java
- * Lesser Sunda Islands
- * Celebes
- * Borneo
- * Philippines
- * Taiwan
[Nearctic Realm]
- Subtropical and temperate rain forests or woodlands
- * Sitkan
- * Oregonian
- Temperate needle-leaf forests or woodlands
- * Yukon Taiga
- * Canadian Taiga
- Temperate broad-leaf forests or woodlands, and subpolar deciduous thickets
- * Eastern Forest
- * Austroriparian
- Evergreen sclerophyllous forests, scrubs or woodlands
- * Californian
- Warm deserts and semideserts
- * Sonoran
- * Chihuahuan
- * Tamaulipan
- Cold-winter deserts and semideserts
- * Great Basin
- Tundra communities and barren Arctic desert
- * Aleutian Islands
- * Alaskan Tundra
- * Canadian Tundra
- * Arctic Archipelago
- * Greenland Tundra
- * Arctic Desert and Icecap
- Temperate grasslands
- * Grasslands
- Mixed mountain and highland systems with complex zonation
- * Rocky Mountains
- * Sierra-Cascade
- * Madrean-Cordilleran
- Lake systems
- * Great Lakes
[Neotropical Realm]
- Tropical humid forests
- * Campechean
- * Panamanian
- * Colombian Coastal
- * Guayanan
- * Amazon rainforest
- * Madeiran
- * Serra do Mar
- Subtropical and temperate rain forests or woodlands
- * Brazilian Rainforest
- * Brazilian Planalto
- * Valdivian Forest
- * Chilean Nothofagus
- Tropical dry or deciduous forests or woodlands
- * Everglades
- * Sinaloan
- * Guerreran
- * Yucatecan
- * Central American
- * Venezuelan Dry Forest
- * Venezuelan Deciduous Forest
- * Ecuadoran Dry Forest
- * Caatinga
- * Gran Chaco
- Temperate broad-leaf forests or woodlands, and subpolar deciduous thickets
- * Chilean Araucaria Forest
- Evergreen sclerophyllous forests, scrubs or woodlands
- * Chilean Sclerophyll
- Warm deserts and semideserts
- * Pacific Desert
- * Monte
- Cold-winter deserts and semideserts
- * Patagonian
- Tropical grasslands and savannas
- * Los Llanos, Venezuela
- * Campos Limpos
- * Babacu
- * Campos Cerrados
- Temperate grasslands
- * Argentinian Pampas
- * Uruguayan Pampas
- Mixed mountain and highland systems with complex zonation
- * Northern Andean
- * Colombian Montane
- * Yungas
- * Puna
- * Southern Andean
- Mixed island systems
- * Bahamas-Bermudan
- * Cuban
- * Greater Antillean
- * Lesser Antillean
- * Revillagigedo Archipelago
- * Cocos Island
- * Galapagos Islands
- * Fernando de Noronja Island
- * South Trindade Island
- Lake systems
- * Lake Titicaca
[Oceanian Realm]
- Mixed island systems
- * Papuan
- * Micronesian
- * Hawaiian
- * Southeastern Polynesian
- * Central Polynesian
- * New Caledonian
- * East Melanesian
[Palearctic Realm]
- Subtropical and temperate rain forests or woodlands
- * Chinese Subtropical Forest
- * Japanese Evergreen Forest
- Temperate needle-leaf forests or woodlands
- * West Eurasian Taiga
- * East Siberian Taiga
- Temperate broad-leaf forests or woodlands, and subpolar deciduous thickets
- * Icelandic
- * Subarctic Birchwoods
- * Kamchatkan
- * British Isles
- * Atlantic
- * Boreonemoral
- * Middle European Forest
- * Pannonian
- * West Anatolian
- * Manchu-Japanese Mixed Forest
- * Oriental Deciduous Forest
- Evergreen sclerophyllous forests, scrubs or woodlands
- * Iberian Highlands
- * Mediterranean Sclerophyll
- Warm deserts and semideserts
- * Sahara
- * Arabian Desert
- * Anatolian-Iranian Desert
- Cold-winter deserts and semideserts
- * Turanian
- * Talka-Makan-Gobi Desert
- * Tibetan
- * Iranian Desert
- Tundra communities and barren Arctic desert
- * Arctic Desert
- * Higharctic Tundra
- * Lowarctic Tundra
- Temperate grasslands
- * Atlas Steppe
- * Pontian Steppe
- * Mongolian-Manchurian Steppe
- Mixed mountain and highland systems with complex zonation
- * Scottish Highlands
- * Central European Highlands
- * Balkan Highlands
- * Caucaso-Iranian Highlands
- * Altai Highlands
- * Pamir-Tian Shan Highlands
- * Hindu Kush Highlands
- * Himalayan Highlands
- * Szechwan Highlands
- Mixed island systems
- * Macaronesian Islands
- * Ryukyu Islands
- Lake systems
- * Lake Ladoga
- * Aral Sea
- * Lake Baikal
Region coding
- biogeographic realm, with 8 categories
- * biogeographic province, with 193 categories, each characterized by a major biome or biome-complex
- ** biome, with 14 types: tropical humid forests ; subtropical and temperate rain forests or woodlands ; temperate needle-leaf forests or woodlands ; tropical dry of deciduous forests or woodlands ; temperate broad-lead forests or woodlands and subpolar deciduous thickets ; evergreen sclerophyllous forests, scrubs or woodlands ; warm deserts and semideserts ; cold-winter deserts and semideserts ; tundra communities and barren arctic desert ; tropical grassland and savannas ; temperate grasslands ; mixed mountain and highland systems with complex zonation ; mixed island systems ; lake systems.
The realms and provinces of the scheme are hence coded as follows:
- 1.1.2 Sitkan province
- 1.2.2. Oregonian province
- 1.3.3 Yukon taiga province
- 1.4.3 Canadian taiga province
- 1.5.5. Eastern forest province
- 1.6.5 Austroriparian province
- 1.7.6 Californian province
- 1.8.7 Sonoran province
- 1.9.7 Chihuahuan province
- 1.10.7 Tamaulipan province
- 1.11.8 Great Basin province
- 1.12.9 Aleutian Islands province
- 1.13.9 Alaskan tundra province
- 1.14.9 Canadian tundra province
- 1.15.9 Arctic Archipelago province
- 1.16.9 Greenland tundra province
- 1.17.9 Arctic desert and icecap province
- 1.18.11 Grasslands province
- 1.19.12 Rocky Mountains province
- 1.20.12 Sierra-Cascade province
- 1.21.12 Madrean-Cordilleran province
- 1.22.14 Great Lakes province
- 2.1.2. Chinese Subtropical Forest province
- 2.2.2 Japanese Evergreen Forest province
- 2.3.3 West Eurasian Taiga province
- 2.4.3 East Siberian Taiga province
- 2.5.5 Icelandian province
- 2.6.5 Subarctic Birchwoods province
- 2.7.5 Kamchatkan province
- 2.8.5 British Islands province
- 2.9.5 Atlantic province
- 2.10.5 Boreonemoral province
- 2.11.5 Middle European Forest province
- 2.12.5 Pannonian province
- 2.13.5 West Anatolian province
- 2.14.5 Manchu-Japanese Mixed Forest province
- 2.15.6 Oriental Deciduous Forest province
- 2.16.6 Iberian Highlands province
- 2.17.7 Mediterranean Sclerophyll province
- 2.18.7 Sahara province
- 2.19.7 Arabian Desert province
- 2.20.8 Anatolian-Iranian Desert province
- 2.21.8 Turanian province
- 2.22.8 Takla-Makan-Gobi Desert steppe province
- 2.23.8 Tibetan province
- 2.24.9 Iranian Desert province
- 2.25.9 Arctic Desert province
- 2.26.9 Higharctic Tundra province
- 2.27.11 Lowarctic Tundra province
- 2.28.11 Atlas Steppe province
- 2.29.11 Pontian Steppe province
- 2.30.11 Mongolian-Manchurian Steppe province
- 2.31.12 Scottish Highlands Highlands province
- 2.32.12 Central European Highlands province
- 2.33.12 Balkan Highlands province
- 2.34.12 Caucaso-Iranian Highlands province
- 2.35.12 Altai Highlands province
- 2.36.12 Pamir-Tian-Shan Highlands province
- 2.37.12 Hindu Kush Highlands province
- 2.38.12 Himalayan Highlands province
- 2.39.12 Szechwan Highlands province
- 2.40.13 Macaronesian Islands province
- 2.41.13 Ryukyu Islands province
- 2.42.14 Lake Ladoga province
- 2.43.14 Aral Sea province
- 2.44.14 Lake Baikal province
- 3.1.1 Guinean Rain Forest province
- 3.2.1 Congo Rain Forest province
- 3.3.1 Malagasy Rain Forest province
- 3.4.4 West African Woodland/savanna province
- 3.5.4 East African Woodland/savanna province
- 3.6.4 Congo Woodland/savanna province
- 3.7.4 Miombo Woodland/savanna province
- 3.8.4 South African Woodland/savanna province
- 3.9.4 Malagasy Woodland/savanna province
- 3.10.4 Malagasy Thorn Forest province
- 3.11.6 Cape Sclerophyll province
- 3.12.7 Western Sahel province
- 3.13.7 Eastern Sahel province
- 3.14.7 Somalian province
- 3.15.7 Namib province
- 3.16.7 Kalahari province
- 3.17.7 Karroo province
- 3.18.12 Ethiopian Highlands province
- 3.19.12 Guinean Highlands province
- 3.20.12 Central African Highlands province
- 3.21.12 East African Highlands province
- 3.22.12 South African Highlands province
- 3.23.13 Ascension and St. Helena Islands province
- 3.24.13 Comores Islands and Aldabra province
- 3.25.13 Mascarene Islands province
- 3.26.14 Lake Rudolf province
- 3.27.14 Lake Ukerewe province
- 3.28.14 Lake Tanganyika province
- 3.29.14 Lake Malawi province
- 4.1.1 Malabar Rainforest province
- 4.2.1 Ceylonese Rainforest province
- 4.3.1 Bengalian Rainforest province
- 4.4.1 Burman Rainforest province
- 4.5.1 Indochinese Rainforest province
- 4.6.1 South Chinese Rainforest province
- 4.7.1 Malayan Rainforest province
- 4.8.4 Indus-Ganges Monsoon Forest province
- 4.9.4 Burma Monsoon Forest province
- 4.10.4 Thailandian Monsoon Forest province
- 4.11.4 Mahanadian province
- 4.12.4 Coromandel province
- 4.13.4 Ceylonese Monsoon Forest province
- 4.14.4 Deccan Thorn Forest province
- 4.15.7 Thar Desert province
- 4.16.12 Seychelles and Amirantes Islands province
- 4.17.12 Laccadives Islands province
- 4.18.12 Maldives and Chagos Islands province
- 4.19.12 Cocos-Keeling and Christmas Islands province
- 4.20.12 Andaman and Nicobar Islands province
- 4.21.12 Sumatra province
- 4.22.12 Java province
- 4.23.12 Lesser Sunda Islands province
- 4.24.12 Celebes province
- 4.25.12 Borneo province
- 4.26.12 Philippines province
- 4.27.12 Taiwan province
- 5.1.13 Papuan province
- 5.2.13 Micronesian province
- 5.3.13 Hawaiian province
- 5.4.13 Southeastern Polynesian province
- 5.5.13 Central Polynesian province
- 5.6.13 New Caledonian province
- 5.7.13 East-Melanesian province
- 6.1.1 Queensland Coastal province
- 6.2.2 Tasmanian province
- 6.3.4 Northern Coastal province
- 6.4.6 Western Sclerophyll province
- 6.5.6 Southern Sclerophyll province
- 6.6.6 Eastern Sclerophyll province≠
- 6.7.6 Brigalow province
- 6.8.7 Western Mulga province
- 6.9.7 Central Desert province
- 6.10.7 Southern Mulga/Saltbush province
- 6.11.10 Northern Savanna province
- 6.12.10 Northern Grasslands province
- 6.13.11 Eastern Grasslands and Savannas province
- 7.1.2 Neozealandia province
- 7.2.9 Maudlandia province
- 7.3.9 Marielandia province
- 7.4.9 Insulantarctica province
- 8.1.1 Campechean province
- 8.2.1 Panamanian province
- 8.3.1 Colombian Coastal province
- 8.4.1. Guyanan province
- 8.5.1 Amazonian province
- 8.6.1. Madeiran province
- 8.7.1 Serra do mar province
- 8.8.2 Brazilian Rain Forest province
- 8.9.2 Brazilian Planalto province
- 8.10.2 Valdivian Forest province
- 8.11.2 Chilean Nothofagus province
- 8.12.4 Everglades province
- 8.13.4 Sinaloan province
- 8.14.4 Guerreran province
- 8.15.4 Yucatecan province
- 8.16.4 Central American province
- 8.17.4 Venezuelan Dry Forest province
- 8.18.4 Venezuelan Deciduous Forest province
- 8.19.4 Equadorian Dry Forest province
- 8.20.4 Caatinga province
- 8.21.4 Gran Chaco province
- 8.22.5 Chilean Araucaria Forest province
- 8.23.6 Chilean Sclerophyll province
- 8.24.7 Pacific Desert province
- 8.25.7 Monte province
- 8.26.8 Patagonian province
- 8.27.10 Llanos province
- 8.28.10 Campos Limpos province
- 8.29.10 Babacu province
- 8.30.10 Campos Cerrados province
- 8.31.11 Argentinian Pampas province
- 8.32.11 Uruguayan Pampas province
- 8.33.12 Northern Andean province
- 8.34.12 Colombian Montane province
- 8.35.12 Yungas province
- 8.36.12 Puna province
- 8.37.12 Southern Andean province
- 8.38.13 Bahamas-Bermudan province
- 8.39.13 Cuban province
- 8.40.13 Greater Aritillean province
- 8.41.13 Lesser Antillean province
- 8.42.13 Revilla Gigedo Island province
- 8.43.13 Cocos Island province
- 8.44.13 Galapagos Islands province
- 8.45.13 Fernando de Noronja Island province
- 8.46.13 South Trinidade Island province
- 8.47.14 Lake Titicaca province