Gallery forest in Guinea

Savanna in Burkina Faso

Acacia erioloba in the Namib Desert

Pandanus utilis

Nepenthes villosa

Subdivisions

African Subkingdom

10 endemic families (incl. Dioncophyllaceae, Pentadiplandraceae, Scytopetalaceae, Medusandraceae, Dirachmaceae, Kirkiaceae), many endemic genera.

1. Guineo-Congolian Province
2. Usambara-Zululand Region
3. Sudano-Zambezian Region (including tropical Asia west of the Gulf of Khambhat)
4. Karoo-Namib Region
5. St. Helena and Ascension Region

Madagascan Subkingdom

9 endemic families, more than 450 endemic genera, about 80% endemic species. It ceased to be influenced by the African flora in the Cretaceous, but underwent heavy influence of the Indian Region's flora.

1. Madagascan Region

Indo-Malesian Subkingdom

11 endemic families (incl. Degeneriaceae, Barclayaceae, Mastixiaceae) and many endemic genera

1. Indian Region
2. Indochinese Region
3. Malesian Region
4. Fijian Region

Polynesian Subkingdom

No endemic families, many endemic genera. The flora is mostly derivative from that of the Indo-Malesian Subkingdom.

1. Polynesian Region
2. Hawaiian Region

Neocaledonian Subkingdom

Several endemic families (incl. Amborellaceae, Strasburgeriaceae) and more than 130 endemic genera (incl. Exospermum and Zygogynum). The flora is partially shared with the Indo-Malesian Subkingdom and the Australian Kingdom.

1. Neocaledonian Region

See also

Flora of the Coral Sea Islands

Flora of India

Flora of Indonesia

Flora of the Marquesas Islands

Flora of St Helena

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