Good's Floristic Regions

Regions Provinces Districts
1. Arctic & Sub-arctic a. Eurasian
b. Greenland
c. Nearctic
2. Euro-Siperian a. W. Europe
b. Central Europe
c. Scandinavia
d. Russia
e. Danube Basin
f. European alpine
g. Caucausus
h. Western SIberia
i. Altai - Trans-Baikalia
j. Northeastern Sibera
k. Kamchatka
3. Sino-Japanese a. Manchuria & Southeastern Siberia
b. N. Japan and S. Sakhalin
c. Korea and S. Japan
d. N. China
e. Central China
f. Sino-Himalayan - Tibetan Mts.
BOREAL 4. W. & Central Asiatic a. Armenia-Persia Highlands
b. S. Rusia - Trans-Caspia
c. Turkestan & Mongolia
d. Tibetan Plateau
5. Mediterranean a. Lusitania & W. N. Mediterranean coasts & islands
b. E. N. Mediterranean coasts & islands
c. Morocco - Tunis
d. Libya, N. Egypt & Syria
6. Macronesian a. Azores
b. Madeira
c. Canaries
d. Cape Verdes
7. Atlantic N. American a. Canadian conifer
b. Great Lakes
c. Appalachians
d. Prairies
e. Atlantic & Gulf Coast
f. Mississippi Basin
8. Pacific N. American a. S. Alaska & Aleutia
b. Sitka, British Columbia, Washington, Oregon
c. California coast
d. Great Basin
e. Rocky Mountains
f. Sierra Nevada
g. Mexican Highlands
9. N. African - Indian Desert a. Sahara - Arabia
b. Mesopotamia - S. Persia - NE India
10. Sudanese Park Steppe a. Senegambia - Sudan
b. Upper Nile
11. NE African Highland & Steppe a. Abyssinia & Eritrea
b. Galaland & Somalia
c. Yemen & S. Arabia
d. Socotra
12. W African Rainforest a. Upper Guinea
b. Cameroons & Islands
c. COngo Basin
13. E African Steppe a. S Portugese E. Africa
b. E. African steppe
c. E. African Mountains
d. C. African Lakes
e. Rhodesia
f. Angola
PALAEOTROPICAL 14. S. African a. High veldt of Orange Free State & Transvaal
b. Kalahair
c. Karroo
d. Namaqualand & Damarland
e. Natal and E. Cape Province
15. Madagascar a. Madagascar & Comoros
b. Seychelles
c. Mascarenes
16. Ascension & St. Helena
17. Indian a. Ceylon
b. Malabar coast & S. India
c. Deccan
d. Ganges Plain
e. Flanks of the Himalayas
18. Continental SE Asiatic a. E. Assam & Upper Burma
b. Lower Burman
c. S. China and Hainan
d. Formosa & Riukiu Isl.
e. Siam and Indo-China.
19. Malaysian a. Malay Peninsula
b. Java, Sumatra, Sunda Isl.
c. Borneo
d. Philippines
e. Celebes and Moluccas
f. New Gunea & Aru
20. Hawaiian
21. New Caldonia
22. Micronesian
23. Polynesian
24. Caribbean a. Mexican lowlands and coast
b. S. Florida, West Indies, Bahamas, Bermudas
25. Venezuela & Guiana a. Orinoco Basin
b. Uplands of Venezuela
26. Amazon
NEOTROPICAL 27. S. Brazilian a. E. coasts
b. Uplands of C. Brazil
c. Highlands of Eastern Brazil
d. Grand Chaco
28. Andean a. Flanks of the Andes
b. Montane Andes
c. The Galapagos Islands
d. Atacma Desert
e. Chilean sclerophyll zone
29. Pampas a. Uraguay & Southeastern Brazil
b. rgentine pampas
c. W. Argentina
30. Juan Fernandez
SOUTH AFRICAN 31. Cape
32. N. and E. Australian a. Northern forests
b. Queensland forests
c. Southeastern forests
d. Tasmania
AUSTRALIAN 33. Southwest Australian
34. Central Australian a. N. and E. savanas
b. Central deserts
c. South Australia
35. New Zealand a. North Island
b. South Island
c. New Zealand Alps
d. Kermadec Islands
e. Chatham Islands
f. Aukland & Campbell Isl.
ANTARCTIC 36. Patagonian a. Pategonia & Fuegia
b. Southern Andes
c. Falkland Islands
37. S. Temperate Oceanic Islands


Good, R. 1974. The Geography of Flowering Plants. Third Ed., Longman, While Plains, NY.