Distribution of Plants

The term endemic means that something is restricted to a locality or region. In biology, endemism refers to species that have evolved to the specific conditions of their habitats in a particular area, and consequently do not exist naturally anywhere else in the world but that locality of origin. Learn more

Distributions of species are considered disjunct when a portion of the area where the species occurs is far-separated from the majority of the area the species occupies. Learn more