List of biogeographic provinces

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The following list of biogeographic provinces was developed by Miklos Udvardy in 1975.

• Afrotropical Realm
  • Guinean Rainforest
  • Congo Rainforest
  • Malagasy Rainforest
  • West African Woodland/Savanna
  • East African Woodland/Savanna
  • Congo Woodland/Savanna
  • Miombo Woodland/Savanna
  • South African Woodland/Savanna
  • Malagasy Woodland/Savanna
  • Malagasy Thorn Forest
  • Cape Sclerophyll
  • Western Sahel
  • Eastern Sahel
  • Somalian
  • Namib
  • Kalahari
  • Karroo
  • Ethiopian Highlands
  • Guinean Highlands
  • Central African Highlands
  • East African Highlands
  • South African Highlands
  • Ascension and St. Helena Islands
  • Comores Islands and Aldabra
  • Mascarene Islands
  • Lake Rudolph
  • Lake Ukerewe (Victoria)
  • Lake Tanganyika
  • Lake Malawi (Nyassa)
• Antarctic Realm
  • Neozealandia
  • Maudlandia
  • Marielandia
  • Insulantarctica
• Australian Realm
  • Queensland Coastal
  • Tasmanian
  • Northern Coastal
  • Western Sclerophyll
  • Eastern Sclerophyll
  • Brigalow
  • Western Mulga
  • Central Desert
  • Southern Mulga/Saltbush
  • Northern Savanna
  • Northern Grasslands
  • Eastern Grasslands and Savannas

• Indomalayan Realm
  • Malabar Rainforest
  • Ceylonese Rainforest
  • Bengalian Rainforest
  • Burman Rainforest
  • Indochinese Rainforest
  • South Chinese Rainforest
  • Malayan Rainforest
  • Indus-Ganges Monsoon Forest
  • Burma Monsoon Forest
  • Thailandian Monsoon Forest
  • Mahanadian
  • Coromandel
  • Ceylonese Monsoon Forest
  • Deccan Thorn Forest
  • Thar Desert
  • Seychelles and Amirantes Islands
  • Laccadives Islands
  • Maldives and Chagos Islands
  • Cocos-Keeling and Christmas Islands
  • Andaman and Nicobar Islands
  • Sumatra
  • Java
  • Lesser Sunda Islands
  • Celebes
  • Borneo
  • Philippines
  • Taiwan

• Nearctic Realm
  • Sitkan
  • Oregonian
  • Yukon Taiga
  • Canadian Taiga
  • Eastern Forest
  • Austroriparian
  • Californian
  • Sonoran
  • Chihuahuan
  • Tamaulipan
  • Great Basin
  • Aleutian Islands
  • Alaskan Tundra
  • Canadian Tundra
  • Arctic Archipelago
  • Greenland Tundra
  • Arctic Desert and Icecap
  • Grasslands
  • Rocky Mountains
  • Sierra-Cascade
  • Madrean-Cordilleran
  • Great Lakes

• Neotropical Realm
  • Campechean
  • Panamanian
  • Colombian Coastal
  • Guayanan
  • Amazonian
  • Madeiran
  • Serra do Mar
  • Brazilian Rainforest
  • Brazilian Planalto
  • Valdivian Forest
  • Chilean Nothofagus
  • Everglades
  • Sinaloan
  • Guerreran
  • Yucatecan
  • Central American
  • Venezuelan Dry Forest
  • Venezuelan Deciduous Forest
  • Ecquadoran Dry Forest
  • Caatinga
  • Gran Chaco
  • Chilean Araucaria Forest
  • Chilean Sclerophyll
  • Pacific Desert
  • Monte
  • Patagonian
  • Llanos
  • Campos Limpos
  • Babacu
  • Campos Cerrados
  • Argentinian Pampas
  • Uruguayan Pampas
  • Northern Andean
  • Colombian Montane
  • Yungas
  • Puna
  • Southern Andean
  • Bahamas-Bermudan
  • Cuban
  • Greater Antillean
  • Lesser Antillean
  • Revilla Gigedo Island
  • Cocos Island
  • Galapagos Islands
  • Fernando de Noronja Island
  • South Trindade Island
  • Lake Titicaca

• Oceanian Realm
  • Papuan
  • Micronesian
  • Hawaiian
  • Southeastern Polynesian
  • Central Polynesian
  • New Caledonian
  • East Melanesian

• Palearctic Realm
  • Chinese Subtropical Forest
  • Japanese Evergreen Forest
  • West Eurasian Taiga
  • East Siberian Taiga
  • Icelandian
  • Subarctic Birchwoods
  • Kamchatkan
  • British Islands
  • Atlantic
  • Boreonemoral
  • Middle European Forest
  • Pannonian
  • West Anatolian
  • Manchu-Japanese Mixed Forest
  • Oriental Deciduous Forest
  • Iberian Highlands
  • Mediterranean Sclerophyll
  • Sahara
  • Arabian Desert
  • Anatolian-Iranian Desert
  • Turanian
  • Talka-Makan-Gobi Deserrt
  • Tibetan
  • Iranian Desert
  • Arctic Desert
  • Higharctic Tundra
  • Lowarctic Tundra
  • Atlas Steppe
  • Pontian Steppe
  • Mongolian-Manchurian Steppe
  • Scottish Highlands
  • Central European Highlands
  • Balkan Highlands
  • Caucaso-Iranian Highlands
  • Altai Highlands
  • Pamir-Tian Shan Highlands
  • Hindu Kush Highlands
  • Himalayan Highlands
  • Szechwan Highlands
  • Macaronesian Islands
  • Ryukyu Islands
  • Lake Ladoga
  • Aral Sea
  • Lake Baikal

[edit] References

• Dassman, Raymond (1976). "Biogeographical Provinces". CoEvolution Quarterly, Number 11, Fall 1976.
• Udvardy, M. D. F. (1975). A classification of the biogeographical provinces of the world. IUCN Occasional Paper no. 18. Morges, Switzerland: IUCN.
• Udvardy, Miklos D. F. (1975) "World Biogeographical Provinces" (Map). The CoEvolution Quarterly, Sausalito, California.