378 GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION OF LIFE IN NORTH AMERICA. 
The extent to which southern Florida has been recognized as fau- 
nally and florally distinct from the rest of the United States is shown in 
the following table: 
Date. | Author. Name given to region. Based on— Rank. 
| | 
1831) Wesson seseeteceneee | [Florida division of south temperate zone] ..--..- Birdseen eee 0 
IVES | ahindks, coneeooecose | [Florida division of West India region]........... Plantseeee ee 0 
1851 | Binney (A.) .--..- | PeninsulaiohiPloridateacene sees ec eee eee Mollusks ..... 2 
1858)\|Coopers---=---- = -- Mloridian Tesiony- ose ses Ieee eos e ne eee HOrestse cease 2) 
1859) |) LeiContes.+.,...... Sub-tropicaleprominces=s-eaeeee see aeee eee eee Tmnsectsisssc-ae 2 
ECAC |] Beye sees eqonne | [Florida division of Atlantic region].........-.--. Birds eeee-eee 3 
TSG || Wier eee ses 5gaccc | [Florida division of West Indian region].......... at Oss aeee 0 
1870) Browns eseceecoses | Florida SUPE GIONEEE aac iat eee eee Sooh cone Horestsesee-oe 2 
TGyiley|| Allon se eee Floridian fauna....... myafaisyn ota (= 2 haste tinct aie Seats Birds\--nss-e- 3 
1873 tiCOpe! acaseeeee ee Hloridian\districtreseess—sseceee eee: Hee oe cee Reptiles and 3 
| batrachians. 
1S 74a Porter ssseeceee eee Moridamesion ee. o=sssceee sence es 5 eee eee [Plants s2eeeee 1 
1883) | Packard) 2. -<----=- | [Florida division of Antillean region] ............ | Animals ...--: 0 
1883)|siordan--2---.-5--- | [Florida division of neo-tropical province]..---..-. | Mollusks ..... 0 
1884 || Sargent. .----...-- Semi-tropical forest of Florida.................... | Horestseceene 2 
1887 |"Drude 3. <2 <2----- | [Florida division of Antillean region ..........--- Plants\-=. ===: 0 
1887 | Reichenow....-..- | [Florida division of South American region]... --- Birds. Ssesse5 0 
AS87 || Brendel sso--- 2s. | Sonuhshlonid ai [PAnilllean|| eo sseeeeee eee ee eeeseee eb lantseeeeeee 1 
1888 || Schwarz /.----.... [Florida division of Antillean region] ............| Insects ......- 0 
1890))) Merriam -s--2e--- [Florida division of Antillean sub-region]........ | Animals and 3 
plants. 
ANTILLEAN DIVISION. 
The fauna and flora of the West Indies have been variously inter- 
preted by different writers, some placing the region in South America, 
others in Mexico, and others still raising it to independent rank. 
In 1822, Schouw, in mapping the plant areas of the world, placed it 
in his “ Jacquin’s realm or realm of cactuses and peppers.” Subse- 
quently, however (in 1833), he gave it independent primary rank, 
naming it “ Swartz’s realm.” Martius, in 1837, was first to bestow the 
name “ Antillean realm” upon this region, which he regarded as a 
division of primary rank, comprising the West Indies and adjacent 
coasts of South and Central America. The same arrangement was 
retained in his lecture on floral realms in 1865. 
