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