The flora is the set of species plant present in a geographic area or ecosystem specific (as opposed to wildlife ). The term "plant" includes all microorganisms (except viruses that are not "living") present in a given location. We talk about gut flora or skin for the bacteria in the gut or the skin surface, for example.

By extension, it also means the atlas listing and describing these species and used to identify plants (identify). The number of species being described as very important, most floras for the general public are often limited to vascular plants or seed plants and their main species.

Collections of specimens used to define species differences are preserved in herbaria. This network of herbaria worldwide is very important. Is the reference that allows botanists to navigate and to the point between the old names and discoveries and current identifications.

One should not confuse the term with the flora of vegetation : the flora of a geographical area is the list of plants from that area (Alpine flora, fauna of the Paris Basin flora of England, etc..), the vegetation is the combination of certain plants in plant communities determined by a specific flora and dominance of a biological type. Thus, we can recognize forests , the prairies, savannas and shrublands , of cultures , the moors , and bogs , etc.. (See phytosociology ).

Flora

Flora in

• Index by common name of genera and species described in
• Index by scientific name genus and species described in

Flowering plants (angiosperms)

For a description of families of angiosperms in the world you can start by:

• APG classification (according to an orderly presentation phylogeny of families of plants flower in the world)
• Families of flowering plants in alphabetical order

For regional descriptions you can go to:

• Flowers of the Alps (an alphabetical list of angiosperms Alps )
• Flora of Pyrenees
• Flora of the Massif Central
• List of botanical families present in Burgundy (a list of angiosperm families encountered in Burgundy)
• Angiosperm families present in New Caledonia in alphabetical order

Seed plants (angiosperms and gymnosperms)

For a list by ecozone species by scientific name in alphabetical order, you can try:

• Palearctic ecozone
• Australasian ecozone
• Ecozone Indomalesia
• Nearctic ecozone
• Ecozone Afrotropical
• Neotropical ecozone
• Oceania ecozone
• Antarctic ecozone

Seed plants without flowers

There is no list for now but you can try:

• Spermaphytes

For a regional list please visit:

• List of botanical families present in Burgundy

Vascular plants without seeds or flowers

There is no list for now but you can try:

• Pteridophytes

For a regional list please visit:

• List of botanical families present in Burgundy
• The list will be updated soon

Non-Vascular Plants

There is no list for now but you can try:

• Bryophytes

Regarding the Bryophytes and Pteridophytes future lists will be:

• Australasian ecozone: spore plants by scientific name
• Ecozone Indomalesia: spore plants by scientific name
• Nearctic ecozone: spore plants by scientific name
• Ecozone Afrotropical: spore plants by scientific name
• Neotropical ecozone: spore plants by scientific name
• Oceania ecozone: spore plants by scientific name

Pages bibliographic

• Orientation literature in botany, mycology and phycology (biogeography)
• Orientation literature in botany European and Mediterranean
• Orientation literature in botany, mycology and phycology (taxonomy)
• Bibliographical guide to the origin and evolution of living
• Orientation literature in microbiology

External link

• Flores medical digitized by BIUM (Interuniversity Library of Medicine and Dentistry, Paris) collection Medic @.

• Portal botany

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