floristic

adj — 2 senses

floristic

adj

Etymology From flora + -istic.

1

Describing a region with a relatively uniform composition of plant species.

The Lowland Fynbos is located at the southwestern tip of the African continent where it forms part of the Cape Floristic Region.

2

Of or pertaining to floristics.

There is now such an immense "microliterature" on hepatics that, beyond a certain point I have given up trying to integrate (and evaluate) every minor paper published—especially narrowly floristic papers.1992, Rudolf M[athias] Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, Chicago, Ill.: Field Museum of Natural History, →ISBN, page viii:

Derived terms: ecofloristic, floristically, floristic province, nonfloristic, paleofloristic

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