Southern Florida. 



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Date 



1S37 Martins 



183S Bcrghaus... 



1843 Hinds 



1845 Berghaus. . . 



1854 Agassi/ 



1856 Woodward . 



1859 Baird 



1859 Le Conte . . . 



1861 Cooper 



1866 Grisebach.. 



1870 Brown 



1872 Grisebach.. 



1873 Cope 



I Inn- i'c(j< i rdi'd 



As part of bis Mexican Extra- 

 tropical Realm. 



As part of his Mexican Realm 

 (Macquin's Realm'). 



As part of his California!! Region. 



As part of his Tropical Province . 



As part of his Californian Fauna. 



As part of his Californian Prov- 

 ince. 



As a subdivision of his Middle 

 Province. 



As part of his Central District. . 



As a subdivision of his N evadian 

 [ i= Californian] Province. 



As part of his Californian Region. 



As part of his Colorado Desert 

 District. 



As part of his Prairie Region. . . 



As an independent region 



Study based on Rank 

 Plants 



Plants 



Plants 



Mammals. ... 

 Animals .... 

 Mollusks .... 



Birds 2 



Insects 



Forests 2 



Plants 



Forests' 



Plants 



Reptiles and 2 



1876 Wallace .... As part of his Californian Sub- 



1882 Engler 



ISS:; Packard.... 



1884 Drude 



1886 Hartlaub . . . 



1887 Heilprin 



1890 Merriam.. 



region. 



As part of his Aztec Province . . 



As part of his Central Province . 



As part of his Mexican District . 



As part of his Mexican Region . 



As part of his Sonoran Transi- 

 tion Region. 



As a division of his Sonoran 

 Province. 



batrachians. 

 Animals 



Plants 



Animals 



Plants 



Birds 



Animals 



Animals and 

 plants. 



Southern Florida. 



The large number of tropical forms of life inhabiting southern 

 Florida early led to its separation from the rest of the Atlantic 

 region by writers on the distribution of animals and plants. 

 Lesson (in 1831) placed it along with Mexico in his South Tem- 

 perate Zone. Hinds (in 1843), recognizing its Antillean affinities, 

 placed the southern extremity of the peninsula (south of latitude 

 27) in his West India Region. 



The extent to which southern Florida has been recognized as 

 faunally and florally distinct from the rest of the United States 

 is shown in the following table : 



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