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Malesia

For other uses, see Malesia (disambiguation).
Not to be confused with Malaysia, Melanesia, or Malesija.
Map 1: A very broad definition of Malesia includes both the World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions's Malesia (green) and most of its Papuasia (orange).

Malesia is a biogeographical region straddling the Equator and the boundaries of the Indomalayan and Australasian realms. It is a phytogeographical floristic region in the Paleotropical kingdom. It was first recognized as a distinct region in 1857 by Heinrich Zollinger, a Swiss botanist and explorer. The precise boundaries used to define Malesia vary. The broadly defined area used in Flora Malesiana consists of the countries of Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, Brunei, the Philippines, Timor-Leste and Papua New Guinea.[1] The original definition by the World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) covered a similar area, but New Guinea and some offshore islands were split off as Papuasia in its 2001 version.

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