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Describe Newbigin’s scheme of Floristic regions of the world and explain the Mediterranean Floristic region.

  • UPSC 2016
  • Biogeography

Marion Isabel Newbigin (1869–1934), whose scheme was published posthumously in 1936, divided the world's lands into five floral regions.

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  • The Five Floral Regions
  • The Mediterranean Floristic Region
  • Extent
  • Climatic control
  • Vegetation
  • Refugia and endemism
  • …and 1 more sections, with a conclusion

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