Venezuela and Guiana floral region

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Venezuela and Guiana floral region Part of R. Good's (1974, The Geography of the Flowering Plants) Neotropical floral kingdom, a region which has affinities with the adjacent Andean and Amazon floral region, but nevertheless constitutes an independent unit with about 100 endemic genera (see endemism). The flora is poorly known and has yielded no plants of any great value. See also floral province and floristic region.

Venezuela and Guiana floral region

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Venezuela and Guiana floral region Part of R. Good's (The Geography of the Flowering Plants, 1974) Neotropical kingdom, a region that has affinities with the adjacent Andean and Amazon floral region, but nevertheless constitutes an independent unit with about 100 endemic genera (see ENDEMISM). The flora is poorly known and has yielded no plants of any great value. See also FLORAL PROVINCE and FLORISTIC REGION.

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