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Toward a terrestrial biogeographical regionalisation of the world: historical notes, characterisation and area nomenclature

Juan J. Morrone https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5566-1189 A * and Malte C. Ebach https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9594-9010 B C
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A Museo de Zoología ‘Alfonso L. Herrera’, Departamento de Biología Evolutiva, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), 04510 Mexico City, Mexico.

B Earth and Sustainability Science Research, School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia.

C Palaeontology Department, Australian Museum Research Institute, Sydney, NSW 2010, Australia.

* Correspondence to: juanmorrone2001@yahoo.com.mx

Handling Editor: Daniel Murphy

Australian Systematic Botany 35(3) 187-224 https://doi.org/10.1071/SB22002
Submitted: 11 January 2022  Accepted: 5 May 2022   Published: 4 July 2022

© 2022 The Author(s) (or their employer(s)). Published by CSIRO Publishing. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC)

Abstract

An interim hierarchical classification (i.e. biogeographical regionalisation or area taxonomy) of the world’s terrestrial regions is provided, following the work of Morrone published in Australian Systematic Botany in 2015. Area names are listed according to the International Code of Area Nomenclature so as to synonymise redundant names. The interim global terrestrial regionalisation to the subregion level recognises 3 kingdoms, 2 subkingdoms, 8 regions, 21 subregions and 5 transition zones. No new names are proposed for the regions; however, Lydekker’s Line is renamed Illiger’s Line. We note that some regions still require area classification at the subregion level, particularly the Palearctic, Ethiopian and Oriental regions. Henceforth, the following interim global regionalisation may be used as a template for further revisions and additions of new areas in the future.

Keywords: area taxonomy, bioregionalisation, Ethiopian region, Holotropical kingdom, Nearctic region, Neotropical region, Neotropical subkingdom, Oriental region, Palearctic region, Paleotropical subkingdom, transition zones.


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