List of ecoregions with high endemism

The fynbos of the Cape region of South Africa contains many endemic species of flowering plant.

This list is for ecoregions with high endemism. According to the World Wide Fund for Nature, the following ecoregions have the highest percentage of endemic plants.

## Ecoregions

* Fynbos (South Africa )[1]
* Hawaiian tropical dry forests (United States )[2]
* Hawaiian tropical rainforests (United States )[3]
* Kwongan heathlands (Australia )[4]
* Madagascar dry deciduous forests (Madagascar )[5]
* Madagascar lowland forests (Madagascar )[6]
* New Caledonia dry forests (New Caledonia)[7]
* New Caledonia rain forests (New Caledonia)[8]
* Sierra Madre de Oaxaca pine-oak forests (Mexico)[9]
* Sierra Madre del Sur pine-oak forests (Mexico)[10]
* Luzon montane rainforests (Philippines )[11]
* Luzon rainforests (Philippines )[12]
* Luzon tropical pine forests (Philippines )[13]
* Mindanao montane rain forests (Philippines )[14]
* Mindanao-Eastern Visayas rain forests (Philippines )[15]
* Palawan rain forests (Philippines )[16]

## See also

* Centre of endemism
* Endemism in the Hawaiian Islands

## References

1. ↑ "Lowland fynbos and renosterveld". Terrestrial Ecoregions. World Wildlife Fund. http://worldwildlife.org/ecoregions/at1202. Retrieved 26 January 2010.
2. ↑ "Hawaii tropical dry forests". Terrestrial Ecoregions. World Wildlife Fund. http://worldwildlife.org/ecoregions/oc0202. Retrieved 26 January 2010.
3. ↑ "Hawaii tropical moist forests". Terrestrial Ecoregions. World Wildlife Fund. http://worldwildlife.org/ecoregions/oc0106. Retrieved 26 January 2010.
4. ↑ "Swan Coastal Plain Scrub and Woodlands". Terrestrial Ecoregions. World Wildlife Fund. http://worldwildlife.org/ecoregions/aa1205. Retrieved 26 January 2010.
5. ↑ "Madagascar dry deciduous forests". Terrestrial Ecoregions. World Wildlife Fund. http://worldwildlife.org/ecoregions/at0202. Retrieved 26 January 2010.
6. ↑ "Madagascar lowland forests". Terrestrial Ecoregions. World Wildlife Fund. http://worldwildlife.org/ecoregions/at0117. Retrieved 26 January 2010.
7. ↑ "New Caledonia dry forests". Terrestrial Ecoregions. World Wildlife Fund. http://worldwildlife.org/ecoregions/aa0202. Retrieved 26 January 2010.
8. ↑ "New Caledonia rain forests". Terrestrial Ecoregions. World Wildlife Fund. http://worldwildlife.org/ecoregions/aa0113. Retrieved 26 January 2010.
9. ↑ "Sierra Madre de Oaxaca pine-oak forests". Terrestrial Ecoregions. World Wildlife Fund. http://worldwildlife.org/ecoregions/nt0308. Retrieved 26 January 2010.
10. ↑ "Sierra Madre del Sur pine-oak forests". Terrestrial Ecoregions. World Wildlife Fund. http://worldwildlife.org/ecoregions/nt0309. Retrieved 26 January 2010.
11. ↑ "Luzon montane rain forests". Terrestrial Ecoregions. World Wildlife Fund. http://worldwildlife.org/ecoregions/im0122. Retrieved 26 January 2010.
12. ↑ "Luzon rain forests". Terrestrial Ecoregions. World Wildlife Fund. http://worldwildlife.org/ecoregions/im0123. Retrieved 26 January 2010.
13. ↑ "Luzon tropical pine forests". Terrestrial Ecoregions. World Wildlife Fund. http://worldwildlife.org/ecoregions/im0302. Retrieved 26 January 2010.
14. ↑ "Mindanao montane rain forests". Terrestrial Ecoregions. World Wildlife Fund. http://worldwildlife.org/ecoregions/im0128. Retrieved 26 January 2010.
15. ↑ "Mindanao-Eastern Visayas rain forests". Terrestrial Ecoregions. World Wildlife Fund. http://worldwildlife.org/ecoregions/im0129. Retrieved 26 January 2010.
16. ↑ "Palawan rain forests". Terrestrial Ecoregions. World Wildlife Fund. http://worldwildlife.org/ecoregions/im0143. Retrieved 26 January 2010.

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