Wikipedia:WikiProject Plants/World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions

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The following categorization scheme is the result of a project to have our flora geographic categories follow the World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions:

Brummitt, R. K. (2001). World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions: Edition 2 (PDF). Biodiversity Information Standards—TDWG. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-01-25. Retrieved 2016-04-06.
WGSRPD botanical continents

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Using the categorization hierarchy

See Wikipedia:WikiProject Plants/Template#Categories for advice: "Try to limit the number of categories with common sense and judicious use of regional categories: a species found across Europe except for two or three countries is still accurately put simply in Category:Flora of Europe."

  • If a species has a wide distribution that approximately matches the boundary of the largest scale geographic categories (e.g. continent or larger countries), then place it only in those top level geography categories and exclude it from child categories of those.
  • If a species has a more limited distribution but is still best described by regional boundaries (e.g. "Flora of Northern Europe" or "Flora of the Southeastern United States"), then place it only in those regional geography categories and exclude it from child categories of those. However, if the distribution extends just beyond the regional category's demarcation, a few additional categories may be required (e.g. some species occur in the Southeastern United States but also occur in Texas, so it would be categorized in both the regional Southeastern United States category and the Flora of Texas category).
  • If a species' distribution doesn't sufficiently match a regional category's boundary either because it is in too few of its subdivisions (states or small countries) or it straddles the boundary between two regional categories (e.g. a species present in a few countries in southern Northern Europe and northern Southwestern Europe and cannot accurately be described as being a member of either without breaking it down into just the countries it is found in), then choose the categories that are among the finest scale (states, provinces, and smaller countries. Species endemic to a state, province, or smaller country (those not subdivided) should only be categorized in these but the finest scale of categories is not restricted to endemic species.
What taxa do I include in these categories?

Each category should describe its geographical circumscription (boundaries) and also note that it is limited to flora that are native (not naturalized, introduced, or invasive) in that region. Taxa of the lowest rank are always included (species, subspecies, varieties). Higher taxa are included only if endemic (for example, a genus endemic to Western Australia could have the genus article itself included in that category). In the case of monotypic taxa, redirects should be categorized in exactly the same way.

Important differences from the usual geographical definitions

To link to explanations of the WGSRPD definitions, the following can be used:

Category:Flora of Europe

Category:Flora of Northern Europe

Northern Europe

Category:Flora of Middle Europe

Central Europe

Called Middle Europe rather than Central Europe in WGSRPD.

Category:Flora of Southwestern Europe

Southwestern Europe

Category:Flora of Southeastern Europe

Southeastern Europe

Note that the WGSRPD does not include the eastern Aegean islands in Europe.

Category:Flora of Eastern Europe

Eastern Europe (with European Russia)
Eastern Europe with Russian federal divisions shown
  (green) Eastern Europe: Belarus, Estonia, Kaliningrad, Latvia, Lithuania, Ukraine, Crimea, Moldova (not shown)
  (orange) Northwest European Russia
  (red) Central European Russia
  (yellow) South European Russia
  (dark blue) North European Russia
  (violet) East European Russia

Category:Flora of Africa

Category:Flora of North Africa

North Africa

Called Northern Africa in the WGSRPD.

Category:Flora of Macaronesia

Macaronesia

Category:Flora of West Tropical Africa

West Tropical Africa

Category:Flora of West-Central Tropical Africa

West-Central Tropical Africa

Category:Flora of Northeast Tropical Africa

Northeast Tropical Africa

Category:Flora of East Tropical Africa

East Tropical Africa

Category:Flora of South Tropical Africa

South Tropical Africa

Category:Flora of Southern Africa

Southern Africa; see text opposite for the key to the regions

Category:Flora of the middle Atlantic Ocean

Middle Atlantic Ocean

Category:Flora of the Western Indian Ocean

Category:Flora of temperate Asia

Called Asia-Temperate in the WGSRPD.

Category:Flora of Siberia

Siberia (shaded region), including West Siberia (pink)

Category:Flora of the Russian Far East

Russian Far East

Category:Flora of Central Asia

Central Asia

Called Middle Asia by the WGSRPD.

Category:Flora of the Caucasus

The Caucasus: North Caucasus (orange) and South Caucasus (green); remainder of Russia in white

Category:Flora of Western Asia

Western Asia

Category:Flora of the Arabian Peninsula

Arabian Peninsula

Category:Flora of China

  (orange) Xinjiang
  (pink) Tibet
  (brown) Qinghai
  (yellow) Inner Mongolia
  (purple) Manchuria
  (blue) North-Central China
  (red) South-Central China
  (light green) Southeast China
  (dark green) Hainan

Category:Flora of Mongolia

Mongolia

(N.B. No subcategories, just Mongolia.)

Category:Flora of Eastern Asia

East Asia

Note that the WGSRPD Eastern Asia is very different from the usual meaning of "East Asia", being a much smaller region.

Category:Flora of tropical Asia

Called Asia-Tropical in the WGSRPD.

Category:Flora of the Indian subcontinent

The Indian subcontinent:
  (yellow) Pakistan
  (pink) West Himalaya
  (orange) Nepal
  (red) East Himalaya
  (green) India
  (blue) Bangladesh
  (violet) Assam (region)
  (brown) Sri Lanka
Oval: Laccadive Islands (Lakshadweep)
Not shown: Maldives

Category:Flora of Indo-China

Indo-China

Category:Flora of Malesia

Malesia

Category:Flora of Papuasia

Papuasia

Category:Flora of Australasia

Category:Flora of the Pacific

Pacific botanical continent

Category:Flora of the Southwestern Pacific

Category:Flora of the south-central Pacific

Category:Flora of the Northwestern Pacific

Flora of the north-central Pacific

(The regional category is not needed as there is only one area within it.)

  • Category:Flora of Hawaii
    • Category:Flora of the Hawaiian Islands
    • Category:Flora of Johnston Island
    • Category:Flora of the Midway Islands

Category:Flora of Northern America

Note that this excludes Central America and the Caribbean.

Category:Flora of Subarctic America

Subarctic America

Category:Flora of Western Canada

Western Canada

Category:Flora of Eastern Canada

Eastern Canada

Category:Flora of the Northwestern United States

Northwestern United States

Category:Flora of the North-Central United States

North-Central United States

Category:Flora of the Northeastern United States

Northeastern United States

Category:Flora of the Southwestern United States

Southwestern United States

Category:Flora of the South-Central United States

South-Central United States

Category:Flora of the Southeastern United States

Southeastern United States

Category:Flora of Mexico

  (purple) Northwestern Mexico
  (green) Northeastern Mexico
  (teal) Southwestern Mexico
  (blue) Central Mexico
  (maroon) Veracruz
  (olive yellow) Southeastern Mexico
Not shown: Mexican Pacific islands (Guadalupe Island, Rocas Alijos, Revillagigedo Islands

Category:Flora of Southern America

WGSRPD Southern America with its regions

Note that this includes Central America and the Caribbean.

Category:Flora of Central America

Category:Flora of the Caribbean

Category:Flora of northern South America

Category:Flora of western South America

Category:Flora of Brazil

Category:Flora of southern South America

  • Category:Flora of Northeast Argentina
    • Category:Flora of Buenos Aires Province
    • Category:Flora of Córdoba Province, Argentina
    • Category:Flora of Chaco Province
    • Category:Flora of Corrientes Province
    • Category:Flora of the Federal District, Argentina
    • Category:Flora of Entre Ríos Province
    • Category:Flora of Formosa Province
    • Category:Flora of La Pampa Province
    • Category:Flora of Misiones Province
    • Category:Flora of Santa Fe Province
  • Category:Flora of Northwest Argentina
    • Category:Flora of Catamarca Province
    • Category:Flora of Jujuy Province
    • Category:Flora of La Rioja Province, Argentina
    • Category:Flora of Mendoza Province
    • Category:Flora of Salta Province
    • Category:Flora of Santiago del Estero Province
    • Category:Flora of San Juan Province, Argentina
    • Category:Flora of San Luis Province
    • Category:Flora of Tucumán Province
  • Category:Flora of South Argentina
    • Category:Flora of Chubut Province
    • Category:Flora of Neuquén Province
    • Category:Flora of Río Negro Province
    • Category:Flora of Santa Cruz Province, Argentina
    • Category:Flora of Tierra del Fuego Province, Argentina (Category:Flora of Tierra del Fuego is wider and not in the WGSRPD)
  • Category:Flora of northern Chile (WGSRPD: Chile North)
    • Category:Flora of Antofagasta Region (WGSRPD: Antofagasta)
    • Category:Flora of Atacama Region (WGSRPD: Atacama)
    • Category:Flora of Tarapacá Region (WGSRPD: Tarapaca)
  • Category:Flora of central Chile
    • Category:Flora of Bío Bío Region (WGSRPD: Biobio)
    • Category:Flora of Coquimbo Region (WGSRPD: Coquimbo)
    • Category:Flora of Araucanía Region (WGSRPD: La Araucania)
    • Category:Flora of Maule Region (WGSRPD: Maule)
    • Category:Flora of O'Higgins Region (WGSRPD: O'Higgins)
    • Category:Flora of Santiago Metropolitan Region (WGSRPD: Santiago)
    • Category:Flora of Valparaíso Region (WGSRPD: Valparaiso)
  • Category:Flora of southern Chile (WGSRPD: Chile South)
    • Category:Flora of Aysén Region (WGSRPD: Aisen)
    • Category:Flora of Los Lagos Region (WGSRPD: Los Lagos)
    • Category:Flora of Magallanes Region (WGSRPD: Magellanes)
  • Category:Flora of the Desventuradas Islands (WGSRPD: Desventurados Is.)
  • Category:Flora of the Juan Fernández Islands
  • Category:Flora of Paraguay
  • Category:Flora of Uruguay

Category:Flora of the Antarctic

WGSRPD Antarctic: Subantarctic Islands between the two blue lines; Antarctic Continent = Antarctica inside the inner blue line

Category:Flora of subantarctic islands

Flora of the Antarctic Continent

(The regional category is not needed as there is only one area contained within it.)

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