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have a principal center of diversity within the province. The flora of the
Californian Province is partially shared with the spatially distant Chile-Patagonian Region of the
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402:. It possesses the most diverse flora within the floristic region. About half of the species are endemic. More than 50 genera (e.g.
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612:. The vegetation of the Californian Province is varied. Wetter northern parts of the Californian Province (
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The
Sonoran Province comprises arid areas in the southwestern U.S. and northwestern Mexico from
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267:. It shares much of its flora with the neighboring provinces and has only a few endemic
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endemism is also moderate (about 25%), but is much more considerable in such genera as
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List of species described by the Lewis and Clark
Expedition § Plants
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List of species endemic to the San
Francisco Bay Area § Flora
109:. It occupies arid or semiarid areas in the southwestern
1783:
List of species endemic to
Mendocino County, California
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List of
Northern American nectar sources for honey bees
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The
Madrean Region is characterized by a very distinct
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The
Mexican Highlands Province comprises areas in the
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Flora of the
Colorado Plateau and Canyonlands region
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195:it is the major center of diversity. More than 250
1427:List of invasive species in North America § Plants
735:Phytogeography of North America North of Mexico
1898:Plant communities of the Western United States
1547:List of medicinal plants of the American West
1422:List of ecoregions in the United States (EPA)
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8:
1808:List of flora of the Santa Monica Mountains
1798:List of plants on the Modoc National Forest
183:have their principal development here; for
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1828:List of plants of the Sierra Nevada (U.S.)
1803:List of San Francisco Bay Area wildflowers
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1432:List of endangered plants of North America
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386:from the seashore to the foothills of the
1848:Endemism in the Hawaiian Islands § Plants
16:Floristic region in the Holarctic Kingdom
1619:Wildflowers of the Great Smoky Mountains
1482:Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain Province
674:Deserts. The vegetation is dominated by
1793:List of Little Picacho Wilderness flora
480:) are endemic or near-endemic as well.
1918:Natural history of the Colorado Desert
1818:Flora of the Sierra Nevada alpine zone
1773:List of plants endemic to Hells Canyon
1587:Temperate broadleaf and mixed forests
348:part of the province is dominated by
7:
1923:Natural history of the Mojave Desert
1713:List of endemic flora of Puerto Rico
1913:Madrean Sky Islands mountain ranges
1813:Lichens of the Sierra Nevada (U.S.)
215:The region is subdivided into four
199:and probably more than half of the
1748:List of Sonoran Desert wildflowers
14:
1853:List of Samoan plant common names
1778:List of California native plants
1492:Laurentian Mixed Forest Province
624:and D.I. Axelrod, as well as by
1903:Plant communities of California
1624:Flora of Door County, Wisconsin
1467:Rocky Mountain Floristic Region
1450:Floristic regions and provinces
690:spp. and other), as well as by
119:Rocky Mountain Floristic Region
1718:List of grasses of Puerto Rico
1497:Great Basin Floristic Province
1462:North American Atlantic Region
1005:Central Australian or Eremaean
382:occupies Central and Southern
344:The vegetation in the central
249:Great Basin Floristic Province
207:to it according to Takhtajan.
129:in the north and in the east,
123:North American Atlantic Region
1:
1607:East of the Mississippi River
1502:California Floristic Province
394:range, and northern parts of
1823:Flora of the Colorado Desert
364:Great Basin bristlecone pine
1888:North American desert flora
1753:Flora of the Arizona Upland
1738:Flora of the Sonoran Desert
1629:List of lichens of Maryland
360:Great Basin montane forests
263:, and Arizona north of the
1944:
1614:Wildflowers of New England
1567:Flora of the United States
1080:Flora of the United States
1033:South Subantarctic Islands
710:Madrean pine-oak woodlands
700:Mexican Highlands Province
626:Conservation International
237:Mexican Highlands Province
1893:Natural history of Mexico
30:Joshua Tree National Park
1381:Northern Mariana Islands
876:St. Helena and Ascension
346:Great Basin shrub steppe
41:Eschscholzia californica
808:North American Atlantic
604:and to a lesser extent
117:and is bordered by the
87:Sierra Madre Occidental
1731:Arizona and New Mexico
1416:Flora of North America
740:Flora of North America
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65:
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1666:Missouri River valley
1649:Ferns and fern allies
969:South African Kingdom
848:Paleotropical Kingdom
630:Rocky Mountain Region
251:includes most of the
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1487:Appalachian Province
606:Mediterranean Region
380:Californian Province
374:Californian Province
243:Great Basin Province
229:Californian Province
224:Great Basin Province
144:with at least three
57:Fouquieria splendens
1477:Caribbean bioregion
1457:Circumboreal Region
1391:U.S. Virgin Islands
931:Neotropical Kingdom
722:Madrean Sky Islands
614:Northern California
217:floristic provinces
211:Floristic provinces
135:Neotropical Kingdom
101:, as delineated by
1634:Soldiers Delight:
987:Australian Kingdom
733:Thorne, Robert F.
708:region, including
660:(characterized by
203:of the region are
181:Stegnospermataceae
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861:Usambara-Zululand
790:Holarctic Kingdom
778:Floristic regions
696:(Creosote bush).
693:Larrea tridentata
628:, fall under the
610:Holarctic Kingdom
602:Antarctic Kingdom
586:Platystemonoideae
582:Eschscholzioideae
261:Snake River Plain
255:, as well as the
161:Setchellanthaceae
127:Holarctic Kingdom
113:and northwestern
95:Holarctic Kingdom
85:(named after the
75:Larrea tridentata
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666:, Joshua Tree),
663:Yucca brevifolia
656:, including the
636:Sonoran Province
620:) as defined by
465:Ornithostaphylos
362:include ancient
257:Colorado Plateau
233:Sonoran Province
165:Crossosomataceae
131:Caribbean Region
107:Robert F. Thorne
91:floristic region
25:Yucca brevifolia
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103:Armen Takhtajan
46:Antelope Valley
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356:Chenopodiaceae
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83:Madrean Region
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