Papuasia
This article is about the biogeographical region. For the island, see Papua.
Papuasia as defined by the WGSRPD
Papuasia is a botanical region defined in the World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD).[1] It lies in the Southwest Pacific Ocean, in the Melanesia ecoregion of Oceania and Tropical Asia.
It comprises the following political entities:
- Aru Islands and West Papua in eastern Indonesia
- Papua New Guinea
- Solomon Islands (excluding the Santa Cruz Islands)[2]
References
- ↑ Brummitt, R.K. (2001). World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions: Edition 2 (PDF). International Working Group on Taxonomic Databases For Plant Sciences (TDWG). Retrieved 2006-11-27.
- ↑ "The Papuasian region". User Documentation for ANHSIR. Australian National Herbarium. Retrieved 1 May 2014.
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