Floristic Regions of the World

Contents: Editor's preface. Author's preface to the English translation. Preface. Introduction. 1. Holarctic Kingdom (Holarctis): A. Boreal Subkingdom: i. Circumboreal region. ii. Eastern Asiatic region. iii. North American Atlantic region. iv. Rocky mountain region. B. Tethyan (Ancient Mediterranean) Subkingdom: v. Macaronesian region. vi. Mediterranean region. vii. Saharo-Arabian region. viii. Irano-Turanian region. C. Madrean subkingdom: ix. Madrean region. 2. Paleotropical kingdom (Paleotropis): A. African subkingdom: x. Guineo-Congolian region. xi. Uzambara-Zululand region. xii. Sudano-Zambezian region. xiii. Karoo-Namib region. xiv. St. Helena and Ascension region. B. Madagascan Subkingdom: xv. Madagascan region. C. Indomalesian subkingdom: xvi. Indian region. xvii. Indochinese region. xviii. Malesian region. xix. Fijian region. D. Polynesian subkingdom: xx. Polynesian region. xxi. Hawaiian region. E. Neocaledonian subkingdom: xxii. Neocaledonian region. 3. Neotropical Kingdom (Neotropis): xxiii. Caribbean region. xxiv. Region of the Guayana highlands. xxv. Amazonian region. xxvi. Brazilian region. xxvii. Andean region. 4. Cape kingdom (Capensis): xviii. Cape region. 5. Australian kingdom (Australis): xxix. Northeast Australian region. xxx. Southwest Australian region. xxxi. Central Australian or Eremaean region. 6. Holantarctic kingdom (Holantarctis): xxxii. Fernandezian region. xxxiii. Chile-patagonian region. xxxiv. Region of the south Subantarctic Islands. xxxv. Neozeylandic region. Appendix: list of families of living vascular plants. Bibliographies. Index.