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phytogeographical

Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Same as phytogeographic.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Of or pertaining to phytogeography.

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  • adjective Of or pertaining to phytogeography

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Examples

  • Extinction and conservation of plant species in tropical America: A phytogeographical perspective.

    Biological diversity in Tumbes-Chocó-Magdalena 2008

  • In White's phytogeographical classification, these mountain areas fall within the Afromontane archipelago-like regional center of endemism that spans the entire continent.

    Cameroonian Highlands forests 2009

  • The phytogeographical position of the afro-alpine flora.

    Rwenzori Mountains National Park, Uganda 2009

  • The park contains two well delimited major phytogeographical formations: subantarctic Patagonian forest and Patagonian steppe.

    Los Glaciares National Park, Argentina 2009

  • Socotra was not considered in the phytogeographical classification of White, although he did note that the area ranked as a local center of endemism within the Somali-Masai regional center of endemism.

    Socotra Island xeric shrublands 2008

  • However, during different geological periods a number of other phytogeographical elements have penetrated the area, such as Irano-Turanian, Central European, West European, West Mediterranean and South Mediterranean.

    Aegean and Western Turkey sclerophyllous and mixed forests 2008

  • The distribution of phytogeographical groups and life-form categories of the vascular flora have been studied, establishing relationships between plant distributions, life-forms and vegetation types.

    Gros Morne National Park, Canada 2008

  • In the phytogeographical schemes of White and Clarke the complex integration of moist (at the base of the Eastern Arc Mountains) and drier forests with coastal thicket, fire-climax savanna woodlands, seasonal and permanent swamps, and littoral habitats is emphasized.

    Northern Zanzibar-Inhambane coastal forest mosaic 2008

  • This phytogeographical region is mostly made up of a chain of mountains stretching from the Ethiopian Highlands in the north to the Cape in South Africa.

    Eastern Zimbabwe montane forest-grassland mosaic 2008

  • This ecoregion is regarded as a part of the Saharan regional transition zone in White's phytogeographical classification of Africa.

    West Saharan montane xeric woodlands 2008

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