Wikipedia:WikiProject Plants/World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions

The following categorization scheme is the result of a project to have our flora geographic categories follow the World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions:



Using the categorization hierarchy
See WikiProject Plants/Template for advice: "Try to limit the number of categories with common sense and judicious use of regional categories: a species found across Europe except for two or three countries is still accurately put simply in ."
 * If a species has a wide distribution that approximately matches the boundary of the largest scale geographic categories (e.g. continent or larger countries), then place it only in those top level geography categories and exclude it from child categories of those.
 * If a species has a more limited distribution but is still best described by regional boundaries (e.g. "Flora of Northern Europe" or "Flora of the Southeastern United States"), then place it only in those regional geography categories and exclude it from child categories of those. However, if the distribution extends just beyond the regional category's demarcation, a few additional categories may be required (e.g. some species occur in the Southeastern United States but also occur in Texas, so it would be categorized in both the regional Southeastern United States category and the Flora of Texas category).
 * If a species' distribution doesn't sufficiently match a regional category's boundary either because it is in too few of its subdivisions (states or small countries) or it straddles the boundary between two regional categories (e.g. a species present in a few countries in southern Northern Europe and northern Southwestern Europe and cannot accurately be described as being a member of either without breaking it down into just the countries it is found in), then choose the categories that are among the finest scale (states, provinces, and smaller countries. Species endemic to a state, province, or smaller country (those not subdivided) should only be categorized in these but the finest scale of categories is not restricted to endemic species.

Each category should describe its geographical circumscription (boundaries) and also note that it is limited to flora that are native (not naturalized, introduced, or invasive) in that region. Taxa of the lowest rank are always included (species, subspecies, varieties). Higher taxa are included only if endemic (for example, a genus endemic to Western Australia could have the genus article itself included in that category). In the case of monotypic taxa, redirects should be categorized in exactly the same way.
 * What taxa do I include in these categories?

To link to explanations of the WGSRPD definitions, the following can be used:
 * Important differences from the usual geographical definitions
 * : Eastern Asia is a much smaller area than the usual "East Asia"
 * : Northern America excludes the Caribbean and Central America
 * : Southern America includes the Caribbean and Central America
 * – Eastern Asia
 * – Northern America
 * – Southern America


 * (doesn't break down to Wales, Scotland, England)
 * (doesn't break down to Wales, Scotland, England)
 * (doesn't break down to Wales, Scotland, England)
 * (doesn't break down to Wales, Scotland, England)

Called Middle Europe rather than Central Europe in WGSRPD.

Note that the WGSRPD does not include the eastern Aegean islands in Europe.
 * (East Thrace)
 * (East Thrace)
 * (East Thrace)
 * (East Thrace)
 * (East Thrace)
 * (East Thrace)
 * (East Thrace)
 * (East Thrace)
 * (East Thrace)


 * including Belgorod Oblast, Bryansk Oblast, Chuvashia, Ivanovo Oblast, Kaluga Oblast, Kostroma Oblast, Kursk Oblast, Lipetsk Oblast, Mordovia, Moscow Oblast, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Oryol Oblast, Penza Oblast, Ryazan Oblast, Smolensk Oblast, Tambov Oblast, Tula Oblast, Tver Oblast, Ulyanovsk Oblast, Vladimir Oblast, Voronezh Oblast, and Yaroslavl Oblast
 * including Bashkortostan, Kirov Oblast, Mari El, Orenburg Oblast, Perm Krai, Samara Oblast, Tatarstan, and Udmurtia
 * including Arkhangelsk Oblast (excluding Novaya Zemlya and Franz Josef Land), Republic of Karelia, Komi Republic, Murmansk Oblast, and Vologda Oblast
 * including Astrakhan Oblast, Kalmykia, Rostov Oblast, Saratov Oblast, and Volgograd Oblast
 * including Leningrad Oblast, Novgorod Oblast, Pskov Oblast, and Saint Petersburg
 * including Belgorod Oblast, Bryansk Oblast, Chuvashia, Ivanovo Oblast, Kaluga Oblast, Kostroma Oblast, Kursk Oblast, Lipetsk Oblast, Mordovia, Moscow Oblast, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Oryol Oblast, Penza Oblast, Ryazan Oblast, Smolensk Oblast, Tambov Oblast, Tula Oblast, Tver Oblast, Ulyanovsk Oblast, Vladimir Oblast, Voronezh Oblast, and Yaroslavl Oblast
 * including Bashkortostan, Kirov Oblast, Mari El, Orenburg Oblast, Perm Krai, Samara Oblast, Tatarstan, and Udmurtia
 * including Arkhangelsk Oblast (excluding Novaya Zemlya and Franz Josef Land), Republic of Karelia, Komi Republic, Murmansk Oblast, and Vologda Oblast
 * including Astrakhan Oblast, Kalmykia, Rostov Oblast, Saratov Oblast, and Volgograd Oblast
 * including Leningrad Oblast, Novgorod Oblast, Pskov Oblast, and Saint Petersburg
 * including Astrakhan Oblast, Kalmykia, Rostov Oblast, Saratov Oblast, and Volgograd Oblast
 * including Leningrad Oblast, Novgorod Oblast, Pskov Oblast, and Saint Petersburg

Called Northern Africa in the WGSRPD.


 * (exclave of Angola bounded by the Republic of the Congo and the Democratic Republic of the Congo)
 * (formerly Zaire)
 * (formerly Zaire)
 * (formerly Zaire)
 * (formerly Zaire)


 * (BOT)
 * (CPV, politically part of Namibia)
 * (LES)
 * , excluding the Caprivi Strip (NAM)
 * not in WGSRPD: – the WGSRPD does not recognize South Africa as a whole, but splits it into four areas:
 * (CPP): Eastern Cape, Northern Cape and Western Cape
 * (NAT)
 * (OFS)
 * (TVL): Gauteng, Mpumalanga, Northern Province (Limpopo) and North-West Province
 * (SWZ)


 * (excluding Tristan da Cunha and associated islands)
 * (excluding Tristan da Cunha and associated islands)

Called Asia-Temperate in the WGSRPD.


 * (both the krai and republic)
 * (the West Siberian Plain, including Omsk Oblast, Novosibirsk Oblast, Tomsk Oblast, Kemerovo Oblast, Khakassia, Chelyabinsk Oblast, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Kurgan Oblast, Tyumen Oblast, Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug, Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Novaya Zemlya, Franz Josef Land)
 * (Yakutskiya in the WGSRPD)
 * (the West Siberian Plain, including Omsk Oblast, Novosibirsk Oblast, Tomsk Oblast, Kemerovo Oblast, Khakassia, Chelyabinsk Oblast, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Kurgan Oblast, Tyumen Oblast, Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug, Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Novaya Zemlya, Franz Josef Land)
 * (Yakutskiya in the WGSRPD)
 * (the West Siberian Plain, including Omsk Oblast, Novosibirsk Oblast, Tomsk Oblast, Kemerovo Oblast, Khakassia, Chelyabinsk Oblast, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Kurgan Oblast, Tyumen Oblast, Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug, Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Novaya Zemlya, Franz Josef Land)
 * (Yakutskiya in the WGSRPD)
 * (Yakutskiya in the WGSRPD)


 * (including the Jewish Autonomous Oblast)
 * (including Chukotka Autonomous Okrug and Wrangel Island)
 * (including the Jewish Autonomous Oblast)
 * (including Chukotka Autonomous Okrug and Wrangel Island)
 * (including Chukotka Autonomous Okrug and Wrangel Island)



Called Middle Asia by the WGSRPD.


 * (including the Republic of Adgyea, an enclave)
 * (South Caucasus)
 * (Nakhichevan in the WGSRPD)
 * (including the Republic of Adgyea, an enclave)
 * (South Caucasus)
 * (Nakhichevan in the WGSRPD)
 * (including the Republic of Adgyea, an enclave)
 * (South Caucasus)
 * (Nakhichevan in the WGSRPD)
 * (South Caucasus)
 * (Nakhichevan in the WGSRPD)
 * (Nakhichevan in the WGSRPD)
 * (Nakhichevan in the WGSRPD)
 * (Nakhichevan in the WGSRPD)
 * (Nakhichevan in the WGSRPD)
 * (Nakhichevan in the WGSRPD)
 * (Nakhichevan in the WGSRPD)


 * (excĺudes Socotra, in Category:Flora of Northeast Tropical Africa)
 * (excĺudes Socotra, in Category:Flora of Northeast Tropical Africa)
 * (excĺudes Socotra, in Category:Flora of Northeast Tropical Africa)
 * (excĺudes Socotra, in Category:Flora of Northeast Tropical Africa)
 * (excĺudes Socotra, in Category:Flora of Northeast Tropical Africa)
 * (excĺudes Socotra, in Category:Flora of Northeast Tropical Africa)
 * (excĺudes Socotra, in Category:Flora of Northeast Tropical Africa)
 * (excĺudes Socotra, in Category:Flora of Northeast Tropical Africa)




 * (includes Ningxia)
 * Flora of Nei Mongol – not used, use Flora of Inner Mongolia
 * Flora of Nei Mongol – not used, use Flora of Inner Mongolia

(N.B. No subcategories, just Mongolia.)

Note that the WGSRPD Eastern Asia is different from the usual meaning of "East Asia", being a much smaller region.

Called Asia-Tropical in the WGSRPD.


 * (district)
 * – note that this is not the same as the non-WGSRPD as it excludes the Himalaya, etc.
 * (district)
 * (district)
 * (district)
 * (Lakshadweep)
 * (Should there be a "the" in this name?)
 * (formerly Uttaranchal)
 * (district)
 * – note that this is not the same as the non-WGSRPD as it excludes the Himalaya, etc.
 * (district)
 * (district)
 * (district)
 * (Lakshadweep)
 * (Should there be a "the" in this name?)
 * (formerly Uttaranchal)
 * (district)
 * (district)
 * (district)
 * (Lakshadweep)
 * (Should there be a "the" in this name?)
 * (formerly Uttaranchal)
 * (district)
 * (district)
 * (district)
 * (Lakshadweep)
 * (Should there be a "the" in this name?)
 * (formerly Uttaranchal)
 * (district)
 * (district)
 * (Lakshadweep)
 * (Should there be a "the" in this name?)
 * (formerly Uttaranchal)
 * (district)
 * (district)
 * (Lakshadweep)
 * (Should there be a "the" in this name?)
 * (formerly Uttaranchal)
 * (district)
 * (Lakshadweep)
 * (Should there be a "the" in this name?)
 * (formerly Uttaranchal)
 * (formerly Uttaranchal)
 * (formerly Uttaranchal)
 * (formerly Uttaranchal)
 * (formerly Uttaranchal)
 * (formerly Uttaranchal)
 * (formerly Uttaranchal)
 * (formerly Uttaranchal)


 * – formerly Irian Jaya, as in the WGSRPD
 * (WGSRPD: Solomon Is.)
 * – formerly Irian Jaya, as in the WGSRPD
 * (WGSRPD: Solomon Is.)
 * (WGSRPD: Solomon Is.)

Note that Australasia is limited to Australia and New Zealand, plus outlying islands, and thus differs from most geographical schemes, which include many more areas.


 * (Howland-Baker Is. in the WGSRPD)
 * (Tokelau-Manihiki in the WGSRPD)
 * (Wallis-Futuna Is. in the WGSRPD)
 * (Tokelau-Manihiki in the WGSRPD)
 * (Wallis-Futuna Is. in the WGSRPD)
 * (Tokelau-Manihiki in the WGSRPD)
 * (Wallis-Futuna Is. in the WGSRPD)
 * (Tokelau-Manihiki in the WGSRPD)
 * (Wallis-Futuna Is. in the WGSRPD)
 * (Tokelau-Manihiki in the WGSRPD)
 * (Wallis-Futuna Is. in the WGSRPD)
 * (Wallis-Futuna Is. in the WGSRPD)
 * (Wallis-Futuna Is. in the WGSRPD)
 * (Wallis-Futuna Is. in the WGSRPD)
 * (Wallis-Futuna Is. in the WGSRPD)
 * (Wallis-Futuna Is. in the WGSRPD)
 * (Wallis-Futuna Is. in the WGSRPD)
 * (Wallis-Futuna Is. in the WGSRPD)


 * (Marianas in the WGSRPD)
 * (Northern Marianas in the WGSRPD)
 * (Marianas in the WGSRPD)
 * (Northern Marianas in the WGSRPD)
 * (Marianas in the WGSRPD)
 * (Northern Marianas in the WGSRPD)
 * (Northern Marianas in the WGSRPD)

Flora of the north-central Pacific
(The regional category is not needed as there is only one area within it.)

Note that this excludes Central America and the Caribbean.

Note that this includes Central America and the Caribbean.


 * – just called "St. Vincent" in the WGSRPD, but includes the Grenadines
 * – just called "St. Vincent" in the WGSRPD, but includes the Grenadines
 * – just called "St. Vincent" in the WGSRPD, but includes the Grenadines
 * – just called "St. Vincent" in the WGSRPD, but includes the Grenadines
 * – just called "St. Vincent" in the WGSRPD, but includes the Grenadines
 * – just called "St. Vincent" in the WGSRPD, but includes the Grenadines
 * – just called "St. Vincent" in the WGSRPD, but includes the Grenadines
 * – just called "St. Vincent" in the WGSRPD, but includes the Grenadines
 * – just called "St. Vincent" in the WGSRPD, but includes the Grenadines
 * – just called "St. Vincent" in the WGSRPD, but includes the Grenadines
 * – just called "St. Vincent" in the WGSRPD, but includes the Grenadines
 * – just called "St. Vincent" in the WGSRPD, but includes the Grenadines
 * – just called "St. Vincent" in the WGSRPD, but includes the Grenadines
 * – just called "St. Vincent" in the WGSRPD, but includes the Grenadines
 * – just called "St. Vincent" in the WGSRPD, but includes the Grenadines
 * – just called "St. Vincent" in the WGSRPD, but includes the Grenadines
 * – just called "St. Vincent" in the WGSRPD, but includes the Grenadines
 * – just called "St. Vincent" in the WGSRPD, but includes the Grenadines
 * – just called "St. Vincent" in the WGSRPD, but includes the Grenadines
 * – just called "St. Vincent" in the WGSRPD, but includes the Grenadines
 * – just called "St. Vincent" in the WGSRPD, but includes the Grenadines
 * – just called "St. Vincent" in the WGSRPD, but includes the Grenadines
 * – just called "St. Vincent" in the WGSRPD, but includes the Grenadines
 * – just called "St. Vincent" in the WGSRPD, but includes the Grenadines
 * – just called "St. Vincent" in the WGSRPD, but includes the Grenadines
 * – just called "St. Vincent" in the WGSRPD, but includes the Grenadines
 * – just called "St. Vincent" in the WGSRPD, but includes the Grenadines
 * – just called "St. Vincent" in the WGSRPD, but includes the Grenadines
 * – just called "St. Vincent" in the WGSRPD, but includes the Grenadines
 * – just called "St. Vincent" in the WGSRPD, but includes the Grenadines
 * – just called "St. Vincent" in the WGSRPD, but includes the Grenadines
 * – just called "St. Vincent" in the WGSRPD, but includes the Grenadines
 * – just called "St. Vincent" in the WGSRPD, but includes the Grenadines
 * – just called "St. Vincent" in the WGSRPD, but includes the Grenadines
 * – just called "St. Vincent" in the WGSRPD, but includes the Grenadines
 * – just called "St. Vincent" in the WGSRPD, but includes the Grenadines
 * – just called "St. Vincent" in the WGSRPD, but includes the Grenadines
 * – just called "St. Vincent" in the WGSRPD, but includes the Grenadines


 * ( is wider and not in the WGSRPD)
 * (WGSRPD: Chile North)
 * (WGSRPD: Antofagasta)
 * (WGSRPD: Atacama)
 * (WGSRPD: Tarapaca)
 * (WGSRPD: Biobio)
 * (WGSRPD: Coquimbo)
 * (WGSRPD: La Araucania)
 * (WGSRPD: Maule)
 * (WGSRPD: O'Higgins)
 * (WGSRPD: Santiago)
 * (WGSRPD: Valparaiso)
 * (WGSRPD: Chile South)
 * (WGSRPD: Aisen)
 * (WGSRPD: Los Lagos)
 * (WGSRPD: Magellanes)
 * (WGSRPD: Desventurados Is.)
 * ( is wider and not in the WGSRPD)
 * (WGSRPD: Chile North)
 * (WGSRPD: Antofagasta)
 * (WGSRPD: Atacama)
 * (WGSRPD: Tarapaca)
 * (WGSRPD: Biobio)
 * (WGSRPD: Coquimbo)
 * (WGSRPD: La Araucania)
 * (WGSRPD: Maule)
 * (WGSRPD: O'Higgins)
 * (WGSRPD: Santiago)
 * (WGSRPD: Valparaiso)
 * (WGSRPD: Chile South)
 * (WGSRPD: Aisen)
 * (WGSRPD: Los Lagos)
 * (WGSRPD: Magellanes)
 * (WGSRPD: Desventurados Is.)
 * (WGSRPD: La Araucania)
 * (WGSRPD: Maule)
 * (WGSRPD: O'Higgins)
 * (WGSRPD: Santiago)
 * (WGSRPD: Valparaiso)
 * (WGSRPD: Chile South)
 * (WGSRPD: Aisen)
 * (WGSRPD: Los Lagos)
 * (WGSRPD: Magellanes)
 * (WGSRPD: Desventurados Is.)


 * (ASP)
 * (BOU)
 * (CRZ)
 * (FAL)
 * (Heard-McDonald Islands, HMD)
 * (Kerguelen, KER)
 * (Macquarie Islands, MAQ)
 * (Marion-Prince Edward Islands, MPE)
 * (SGE)
 * (SSA)
 * (TDC)

Flora of the Antarctic Continent
(The regional category is not needed as there is only one area contained within it.)