Using phylogenetic analysis of approximately 15,000 tropical tree taxa from more than 400 locations, researchers identify two major tropical forest regions, a combined American-African region and an Indo-Pacific region, in contrast to classical distinctions between old and new world tropical forest regions; the study also highlights a dry region encompassing areas in America, Africa, India, and Madagascar, and a subtropical region that includes parts of America and Asia.
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Article #17-14977: "Phylogenetic classification of the world's tropical forests," by J.W. Ferry Slik et al.
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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences