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- noun Plural form of
phytochorion .
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Examples
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This is believed to provide a better reflection of original vegetation than the 950-m contour that Humbert and Cours Darne used to define their Western Domain phytochoria.
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The south Zambezian undifferentiated woodlands and scrub woodlands form the southeastern part of the ecoregion, and are transitional between the Zambezian Center of Endemism and phytochoria to the south.
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The Guineo-Congolian Region and its relationships to other phytochoria.
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The diversity of taxa in the Eastern Cape is due, therefore, to combinations of species from different phytochoria meeting at the ends of their distribution ranges, and is not a result of speciation taking place in the area.
Albany thickets 2008
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Three of these phytochoria are represented within the ecoregion: the Guineo-Congolian and the Zambezian centers of endemism; and the Guineo-Congolia/Zambezia regional transition zone.
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The Eastern Cape of South Africa contains high plant species richness due to the presence of different phytochoria and species at the ends of their distribution ranges.
Albany thickets 2008
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The Eastern Cape (defined broadly as the area south of 31 °S and between 24 °E and 29 °E) has long been recognized by botanists as being a complex transition zone where four major phytochoria converge.
Albany thickets 2008
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The Guineo-Congolian Region and its relationships to other phytochoria.
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Three further phytochoria border on the ecoregion: the Kalahari-Highveld regional transition zone and the Karoo-Namib regional center of endemism abut it in the more arid southwest, while the Afromontane archipelago-like regional center of endemism lies along its southeastern border at the highest elevations.
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The Guineo-Congolian Region and its relationships to other phytochoria.
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