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Papuasia

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This article is about the biogeographical region. For the island, see Papua.
Papuasia as defined by the WGSRPD

Papuasia is a Level 2 botanical region defined in the World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD).[1] It lies in the southwestern Pacific Ocean, in the Melanesia ecoregion of Oceania and Tropical Asia.

It comprises the following geographic and political entities:

References

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ "The Papuasian region". User Documentation for ANHSIR. Australian National Herbarium. Retrieved 1 May 2014.
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