Paleotropis covers large part of Africa (except of its northern and southernmost continent edges), India, South Asia and Indonesia – Paleotropis includes all tropical areas of an Old World. This area is botanically very rich; we can find here 40 endemic families. Approximately 50% of all tropical species is situated just in this floristic region.
In term of development could be this wide floristic region part seen as three units (African part, Indian-Malaysian part and Polynesian part). This could be then classified into following sub-regions:
Saharian-Arabian
Western-South African
Madagascar
Hindustanian-Indochinean
Indonesian-Papuan
Polynesian
- ALISMA PLANTAGO-AQUATICA L. – Common Water-plantain
- BULBINE FRUTESCENS (L.) Willd. – Stalked Bulbine
- CARDARIA DRABA (L.) Desv. – Hoary Cress
- IPOMOEA PES-CAPRAE (L.) R. Br. – Railroad Vine, Bayhops
- MESEMBRYANTHEMUM CRYSTALLINUM L. – Common Iceplant, Crystalline Iceplant
- POLYPODIUM VULGARE L. – Common Polypody
- RAVENALA MADAGASCARIENSIS Sonnerat – Traveller’s Tree, Traveller’s Palm
- SCHOENOPLECTUS SUPINUS (L.) Palla
- TRAPA NATANS L. – Water Chestnut
- ULEX EUROPAEUS L. – Common Gorse
- VINCA MINOR L. – Common Periwinkle, Lesser Periwinkle
