Category:Flora_of_the_Indian_subcontinent

Category:Flora of the Indian subcontinent

This category contains articles related to the native flora of the Indian subcontinent. Taxa are included at region level if widely found in the region.

WGSRPD code: 40 (level 2)

The Indian subcontinent as defined in the World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions:

(yellow) Pakistan

(pink) West Himalaya

(orange) Nepal

(red) East Himalaya

(green) India (region) – not the country as a whole

(blue) Bangladesh

(violet) Assam

(brown) Sri Lanka

Oval: Lakshadweep (Laccadive Islands)
Not shown: Maldives

For the purposes of this category, the "Indian subcontinent" is defined in accordance with the World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions. That is, the geographic region is defined as including the following areas:

Assam [ASS], comprising the state of Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland and Tripura
Bangladesh [BAN]
East Himalaya [EHM], comprising Arunachal Pradesh, Bhutan, Darjeeling and Sikkim
India (region) [IND], comprising political India except those parts placed in the WGSRPD units of Assam, East Himalaya, Lakshadweep (the Laccadive Islands) and West Himalaya
the Laccadive Islands (Lakshadweep) [LDV]
the Maldives [MDV]
Nepal [NEP]
Pakistan [PAK]
Sri Lanka [SRL]
West Himalaya [WHM], comprising Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Uttarakhand (or Uttaranchal)

It is included within the larger geographic region of tropical Asia in Category:Flora of tropical Asia

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