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have a principal center of diversity within the province. The flora of the
Californian Province is partially shared with the spatially distant Chile-Patagonian Region of the
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413:. It possesses the most diverse flora within the floristic region. About half of the species are endemic. More than 50 genera (e.g.
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623:. The vegetation of the Californian Province is varied. Wetter northern parts of the Californian Province (
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866:
97:
17:
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The
Sonoran Province comprises arid areas in the southwestern U.S. and northwestern Mexico from
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141:
278:. It shares much of its flora with the neighboring provinces and has only a few endemic
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endemism is also moderate (about 25%), but is much more considerable in such genera as
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in
Takhtajan and Thorne's system and are not parts of the Madrean Region.
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1684:
List of species described by the Lewis and Clark
Expedition § Plants
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List of species endemic to the San
Francisco Bay Area § Flora
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120:. It occupies arid or semiarid areas in the southwestern
30:
1794:
List of species endemic to
Mendocino County, California
1448:
List of
Northern American nectar sources for honey bees
151:
The
Madrean Region is characterized by a very distinct
715:
The
Mexican Highlands Province comprises areas in the
1741:
1704:
Flora of the
Colorado Plateau and Canyonlands region
1676:
206:it is the major center of diversity. More than 250
1438:List of invasive species in North America § Plants
787:
1880:
746:Phytogeography of North America North of Mexico
1909:Plant communities of the Western United States
1851:
1089:
1558:List of medicinal plants of the American West
1433:List of ecoregions in the United States (EPA)
1075:
773:
710:
1819:List of flora of the Santa Monica Mountains
1809:List of plants on the Modoc National Forest
194:have their principal development here; for
1839:List of plants of the Sierra Nevada (U.S.)
1814:List of San Francisco Bay Area wildflowers
1716:
1525:
1443:List of endangered plants of North America
1082:
1068:
780:
766:
397:from the seashore to the foothills of the
1859:Endemism in the Hawaiian Islands § Plants
1776:
1570:
27:Floristic region in the Holarctic Kingdom
1630:Wildflowers of the Great Smoky Mountains
1493:Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain Province
685:Deserts. The vegetation is dominated by
78:
61:
45:
29:
1804:List of Little Picacho Wilderness flora
1696:
491:) are endemic or near-endemic as well.
384:
253:
14:
1929:Natural history of the Colorado Desert
1881:
1829:Flora of the Sierra Nevada alpine zone
1784:List of plants endemic to Hells Canyon
1417:
221:
1598:Temperate broadleaf and mixed forests
1063:
761:
359:part of the province is dominated by
1934:Natural history of the Mojave Desert
1724:List of endemic flora of Puerto Rico
1924:Madrean Sky Islands mountain ranges
1824:Lichens of the Sierra Nevada (U.S.)
646:
226:The region is subdivided into four
210:and probably more than half of the
24:
1759:List of Sonoran Desert wildflowers
25:
1950:
1864:List of Samoan plant common names
1789:List of California native plants
1503:Laurentian Mixed Forest Province
635:and D.I. Axelrod, as well as by
1914:Plant communities of California
1635:Flora of Door County, Wisconsin
1478:Rocky Mountain Floristic Region
1461:Floristic regions and provinces
738:
701:spp. and other), as well as by
130:Rocky Mountain Floristic Region
1729:List of grasses of Puerto Rico
1508:Great Basin Floristic Province
1473:North American Atlantic Region
1016:Central Australian or Eremaean
393:occupies Central and Southern
355:The vegetation in the central
260:Great Basin Floristic Province
218:to it according to Takhtajan.
140:in the north and in the east,
134:North American Atlantic Region
13:
1:
1618:East of the Mississippi River
1513:California Floristic Province
405:range, and northern parts of
1834:Flora of the Colorado Desert
375:Great Basin bristlecone pine
7:
1899:North American desert flora
1764:Flora of the Arizona Upland
1749:Flora of the Sonoran Desert
1640:List of lichens of Maryland
726:
371:Great Basin montane forests
274:, and Arizona north of the
10:
1955:
1625:Wildflowers of New England
1578:Flora of the United States
1091:Flora of the United States
1044:South Subantarctic Islands
721:Madrean pine-oak woodlands
711:Mexican Highlands Province
637:Conservation International
248:Mexican Highlands Province
1904:Natural history of Mexico
1610:
1410:
1372:
1358:
1097:
1024:
996:
978:
940:
857:
799:
41:Joshua Tree National Park
1392:Northern Mariana Islands
887:St. Helena and Ascension
357:Great Basin shrub steppe
52:Eschscholzia californica
819:North American Atlantic
615:and to a lesser extent
128:and is bordered by the
98:Sierra Madre Occidental
1742:Arizona and New Mexico
1427:Flora of North America
751:Flora of North America
89:
76:
59:
43:
1677:Missouri River valley
1660:Ferns and fern allies
980:South African Kingdom
859:Paleotropical Kingdom
641:Rocky Mountain Region
262:includes most of the
82:
65:
49:
33:
1498:Appalachian Province
617:Mediterranean Region
391:Californian Province
385:Californian Province
254:Great Basin Province
240:Californian Province
235:Great Basin Province
155:with at least three
68:Fouquieria splendens
1488:Caribbean bioregion
1468:Circumboreal Region
1402:U.S. Virgin Islands
942:Neotropical Kingdom
733:Madrean Sky Islands
625:Northern California
228:floristic provinces
222:Floristic provinces
146:Neotropical Kingdom
112:, as delineated by
1645:Soldiers Delight:
998:Australian Kingdom
744:Thorne, Robert F.
719:region, including
671:(characterized by
214:of the region are
192:Stegnospermataceae
90:
77:
60:
44:
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1566:
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1521:
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1456:
1455:
1057:
1056:
1026:Antarctic Kingdom
955:Guayana Highlands
872:Usambara-Zululand
801:Holarctic Kingdom
789:Floristic regions
707:(Creosote bush).
704:Larrea tridentata
639:, fall under the
621:Holarctic Kingdom
613:Antarctic Kingdom
597:Platystemonoideae
593:Eschscholzioideae
272:Snake River Plain
266:, as well as the
172:Setchellanthaceae
138:Holarctic Kingdom
124:and northwestern
106:Holarctic Kingdom
96:(named after the
86:Larrea tridentata
16:(Redirected from
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1360:Federal district
1084:
1077:
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1039:Chile-Patagonian
877:Sudano-Zambezian
867:Guineo-Congolian
782:
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758:
754:, Vol. 1, Ch. 6.
677:, Joshua Tree),
674:Yucca brevifolia
667:, including the
647:Sonoran Province
631:) as defined by
476:Ornithostaphylos
373:include ancient
268:Colorado Plateau
244:Sonoran Province
176:Crossosomataceae
142:Caribbean Region
118:Robert F. Thorne
102:floristic region
36:Yucca brevifolia
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795:
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713:
657:Baja California
649:
557:Hydrophyllaceae
446:Fremontodendron
407:Baja California
387:
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204:Hydrophyllaceae
114:Armen Takhtajan
57:Antelope Valley
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1483:Madrean Region
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1382:American Samoa
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1347:
1342:
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1300:South Carolina
1297:
1292:
1287:
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1267:
1265:North Carolina
1262:
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844:Irano-Turanian
841:
839:Saharo-Arabian
836:
831:
826:
824:Rocky Mountain
821:
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494:Arctostaphylos
386:
383:
379:Pinus longaeva
367:Chenopodiaceae
255:
252:
251:
250:
245:
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237:
223:
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168:Simmondsiaceae
164:Fouquieriaceae
148:in the south.
94:Madrean Region
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932:Neocaledonian
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834:Mediterranean
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