Austral Kingdom

E569556

The Austral Kingdom is a major biogeographical floristic realm encompassing the distinctive plant life of Australia, New Zealand, and surrounding southern regions.

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Label Occurrences
Austral Kingdom canonical 1

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Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf biogeographical realm ⓘ
floristic kingdom ⓘ
biotaDerivedFrom ancient Gondwana landmass ⓘ
characterizedBy Eucalyptus-dominated forests ⓘ
Myrtaceae diversity ⓘ
Proteaceae diversity ⓘ
distinctive plant life ⓘ
high endemism of plant taxa ⓘ
sclerophyll vegetation ⓘ
contrastedWith Northern Hemisphere floristic kingdoms ⓘ
distinguishedBy Gondwanan heritage of flora ⓘ
long geological isolation ⓘ
distinguishedFrom Cape Kingdom ⓘ
linked to: Cape Colony

Holarctic Kingdom ⓘ
Neotropical Kingdom ⓘ
linked to: Neotropical realm

Paleotropical Kingdom ⓘ
encompassesRegion Australia ⓘ
New Guinea ⓘ
New Zealand ⓘ
Southwest Pacific islands ⓘ
linked to: Melanesia

Tasmania ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Austral Floristic Kingdom ⓘ
hasBoundaryType floristic rather than political ⓘ
hasFloristicRegion Antarctic-linked subantarctic islands ⓘ
Australian Region ⓘ
New Zealand Region ⓘ
linked to: New Zealand
hasHighEndemismIn shrubs and small trees ⓘ
woody dicotyledons ⓘ
hasNotableEndemicGroup Acacia (Australian wattles) ⓘ
linked to: Acacia dealbata

Banksia ⓘ
Eucalyptus ⓘ
Nothofagus ⓘ
Xanthorrhoea ⓘ
includesBiome Mediterranean-climate shrubland ⓘ
alpine and subalpine vegetation ⓘ
arid and semi-arid shrubland ⓘ
temperate rainforest ⓘ
influencedBy arid climatic regimes in inland Australia ⓘ
maritime temperate climates in New Zealand ⓘ
isPartOf Southern Hemisphere biota ⓘ
recognizedIn global floristic regionalization schemes ⓘ
spansLatitudeRange subtropical to subantarctic zones ⓘ
usedFor classification of global plant distributions ⓘ
usedIn biogeography ⓘ
phytogeography ⓘ

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