Definitions
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- noun A
geographic area with a relativelyuniform composition ofplant species .
Etymologies
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phyto- + chorion
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Examples
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Succulent and dwarf shrublands of the Karoo-Namib phytochorion extend down the dry river valleys from the arid interior.
Albany thickets 2008
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The Central Zambezian Miombo woodlands ecoregion lies beyond Lake Malawi to the west, while north, the ecoregion is bordered by Acacia-Commiphora Bushland and Thicket belonging to the Somali-Masai phytochorion.
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This new phytochorion is mapped to extend to northern Mozambique, somewhat further south than the border we are using here.
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There are 1,250 plants recorded from the Somalia-Masai phytochorion, but it is not known how many of them are endemic.
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