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Chorological categories

Name Chorology Full Term Description
BI Balkan-Italian Taxa originating from Balkan countries and Italy (amphi-Adriatic)
Me Mediterranean Taxa with a circum-Mediterranean distribution including Portugal, occasionally extending to the Caucasus area and N Iran.
MS Mediterranean-SW Asian Taxa distributed in one or more Mediterranean countries and extending to SW and C Asia
Pt Paleotemperate Taxa of extratropical Eurasia including the Himalaya and E Asia, not (or at most marginally) extending to North America
[Afr.] African Taxa originating from the African continent
[Am.] American Taxa originating from the American continent
[Arab.] Arabian Taxa originating from the Arabian peninsula
[Austr.] Australian Taxa originating from the Australian continent
[C-Am.] Central American Taxa originating from Central America
[C-As.] Central Asian Taxa originating from Central Asia
[C-Eur.] Central European Taxa originating from Central Europe  
[C-Med.] Central Mediterranean Taxa originating from Central Mediterranean
[Canary Is.] Canary Islands Taxa originating from the Canary Islands
[Caucas.] Caucasian Taxa originating from the Caucasian Region (parts of Russia, Georgia, Armenia and Azerbaijan
[Co] Cosmopolitan Taxa distributed in all continents, i.e. beyond the N hemisphere. This category may be given in brackets after the known or supposed native distribution in cases of taxa that have been spread worldwide by humans
[cultigen] cultigen Taxon which arose in cultivation and is not known in the wild.
[E-Afr.] East African Taxa originating from East Africa
[E-As.] East Asian Taxa originating from East Asia
[E-Eur.] East European Taxa originating from Eastern Europe
[Eur.] European Taxa originating from the  European continent
[Euras.] Eurasian Taxa originating from the European continent with a distribution extending to SW Asia, occasionally reaching C Asia
[Madagasc.] Madagascar Taxa originating from Madagascar, an island country lying off the southeastern coast of Africa
[MA] Mediterranean-Atlantic Taxa originating from the maritime W Europe and the Mediterranean
[Mexico] Mexico Taxa originating from Mexico
[N-Afr.] North African Taxa originating from North Africa
[N-Am.] North American Taxa originating from North America
[NE-Afr.] North East African Taxa originating from North-East Africa
[neotrop.] neotropical Taxa originating from the Neotropical region (Central America, the Caribbean, and South America)
[NW-Afr.] North West African Taxa originating from North-West Africa
[NW-Balkan] North West Balkan Taxa originating from North-Western Balkans
[paleosubtrop.] paleosubtropical Taxa widespread in the warmer regions of both hemispheres
[paleotemp.] paleotemperate Taxa originating from extratropical Eurasia including the Himalaya and E Asia, not (or at most marginally) extending to North America
[paleotrop.] paleotropical Taxa originating from tropical areas of Africa, Asia and Oceania (excluding Australia and New Zealand)
[pantrop.] pantropical Taxa widespread in the tropical regions of both hemispheres
[S-Afr.] South African Taxa originating from South Africa
[S-Am.] South American Taxa originating from South America
[S-As.] South Asian Taxa originating from South Asia
[S-Eur.] South European Taxa originating from South Europe
[S-Med.] South Mediterranean Taxa originating from Southern Mediterranean
[SC-As.] South Central Asian Taxa originating from South-Central Asia
[SE-As.] South East Asian Taxa originating from South-East Asia
[SE-Austr.] South East Australian Taxa originating from South-East Australia
[SE-Eur.] South East European Taxa originating from South-East Europe
[SS] Saharo-Sindian Taxa originating from arid N Africa and SW Asia, extrazonally extending to the Mediterranean
[subtrop.] subtropical Taxa originating from the subtropics; geographical and climatic zones of the Earth immediately north and south of the Tropics
[SW-As.] South West Asian Taxa originating from South-West Asia
[SW-Eur.] South West European Taxa originating from South-West Europe
[trop. Afr.] tropical African Taxa originating from tropical parts of the African continent
[trop. Am.] tropical American Taxa originating from tropical parts of the American continent
[trop. As.] tropical Asian Taxa originating from tropical parts of Asia
[trop.] tropical Taxa originating from regions of the Earth near the equator and between the Tropic of Cancer in the northern hemisphere and the Tropic of Capricorn in the southern hemisphere
[unknown] unknown Taxa with unknown origin
[W-As.] West Asian Taxa originating from West Asia
[W-Austr.] West Australian Taxa originating from Western Australia
[W-Balkan] West Balkan Taxa originating from Western Balkan peninsula countries
[W-Eur.] West European Taxa originating from Western Europe
[W-Med.] West Mediterranean Taxa originating from Western Mediterranean region