Pantropical

Apantropical( "all tropics" ) distribution is one which coverstropicalregions of both the Eastern and Western hemispheres.^[1]Examples of species includecaecilians,modernsireniansand the plant generaAcaciaandBacopa.^[2]

Neotropicalis azoogeographicterm that covers a large part of theAmericas,roughly from Mexico and the Caribbean southwards (including cold regions in southernmost South America).

Palaeotropicalrefers to geographical occurrence. For a distribution to be palaeotropical a taxon must occur in tropical regions in theOld World.

According toTakhtajan(1978), the following families have a pantropical distribution: Annonaceae,Hernandiaceae,Lauraceae,Piperaceae,Urticaceae,Dilleniaceae,Tetrameristaceae,Passifloraceae,Bombacaceae,Euphorbiaceae,Rhizophoraceae,Myrtaceae,Anacardiaceae,Sapindaceae,Malpighiaceae,Proteaceae,Bignoniaceae,OrchidaceaeandArecaceae.^[3]^[4]

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^Andrés Moreira-Muñoz (2010). "Asteraceae: Chile's richest family".Plant Geography of Chile.Plant and Vegetation. Vol. 5.Springer.pp. 221–248.doi:10.1007/978-90-481-8748-5_8.ISBN 978-90-481-8747-8.
^Andrés Moreira-Muñoz (2010). "Geographical relations of the Chilean flora".Plant Geography of Chile.Plant and Vegetation. Vol. 5.Springer.pp. 87–128.doi:10.1007/978-90-481-8748-5_3.ISBN 978-90-481-8747-8.
^Тахтаджян А. Л. Флористические области Земли / Академия наук СССР. Ботанический институт им. В. Л. Комарова. — Л.: Наука, Ленинградское отделение, 1978. — 247 с. — 4000 экз.DjVu,Google Books.
^Takhtajan, A. (1986).Floristic Regions of the World.(translated by T.J. Crovello & A. Cronquist). University of California Press, Berkeley,PDF,DjVu.

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[1] Andrés Moreira-Muñoz (2010). "Asteraceae: Chile's richest family".Plant Geography of Chile.Plant and Vegetation. Vol. 5.Springer.pp. 221–248.doi:10.1007/978-90-481-8748-5_8.ISBN 978-90-481-8747-8.

[2] Andrés Moreira-Muñoz (2010). "Geographical relations of the Chilean flora".Plant Geography of Chile.Plant and Vegetation. Vol. 5.Springer.pp. 87–128.doi:10.1007/978-90-481-8748-5_3.ISBN 978-90-481-8747-8.

[3] Тахтаджян А. Л. Флористические области Земли / Академия наук СССР. Ботанический институт им. В. Л. Комарова. — Л.: Наука, Ленинградское отделение, 1978. — 247 с. — 4000 экз.DjVu,Google Books.

[4] Takhtajan, A. (1986).Floristic Regions of the World.(translated by T.J. Crovello & A. Cronquist). University of California Press, Berkeley,PDF,DjVu.

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