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Regional Overview of Mexico| Table 22. Number of plant species in six diverse ecological zones of Mexico (based on Toledo 1995c) | |||
| Region |
Species |
Biogeographic province a |
Ecological zone b |
Baja California |
2705 |
California/Baja California |
Arid |
| Nueva Galicia | 7500 c | Pacific coast/ Southern serranías/ Central Plateau | Temperate, and subhumid tropical |
| Veracruz | 7400 | Gulf of Mexico coast/ Sierra Madre Oriental | humid and subhumid tropical |
| Tehuacán-Cuicatlán | 2700 | Tehuacán-Cuicatlán Valley | Arid |
| Yucatán Peninsula | 1936 | Yucatán Peninsula | subhumid to humid tropical |
| Chiapas | 8248 | Trans-isthmian serranías/ Soconusco | humid and subhumid, tropical and temperate |
| Notes: a Source: Rzedowski 1978. b Source: Toledo et al. 1989. c estimate. |
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