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Papuasia is a Level 2 botanical region defined in the World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD).^[1] It lies in the southwestern Pacific Ocean, in the Melanesia ecoregion of Oceania and Tropical Asia.

It comprises the following geographic and political entities:

Aru Islands (Indonesia; treated as part of Western New Guinea in the Scheme)
New Guinea
- Papua New Guinea
- Western New Guinea (Indonesia)
Solomon Islands (archipelago)
- Bougainville
- Solomon Islands (excluding the Santa Cruz Islands)^[2]

References

^ Brummitt, R.K. (2001). World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions: Edition 2 (PDF). International Working Group on Taxonomic Databases For Plant Sciences (TDWG). Retrieved 2006-11-27.
^ "The Papuasian region". User Documentation for ANHSIR. Australian National Herbarium. Retrieved 1 May 2014.

[1] Brummitt, R.K. (2001). World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions: Edition 2 (PDF). International Working Group on Taxonomic Databases For Plant Sciences (TDWG). Retrieved 2006-11-27.

[ANHSIR-2] "The Papuasian region". User Documentation for ANHSIR. Australian National Herbarium. Retrieved 1 May 2014.

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+{{Short description|Biogeographic region}}
+{{About|the biogeographical region|the island|New Guinea{{!}}Papua}}
 [[File:WGSRPD Papuasia.svg|thumb|Papuasia as defined by the WGSRPD]]
-'''Papuasia''' is a [[biogeography|botanical region]] defined in the [[World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions]] (WGSRPD).<ref>{{cite book |last=Brummitt |first=R.K. |year=2001 |title=World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions: Edition 2 |publisher=International Working Group on Taxonomic Databases For Plant Sciences (TDWG) |url = http://www.nhm.ac.uk/hosted_sites/tdwg/TDWG_geo2.pdf |accessdate = 2006-11-27 |ref=harv}}</ref> It lies in the Southwest [[Pacific Ocean]], in the [[Melanesia]] ecoregion of [[Oceania]] and [[Tropical Asia]].
+'''Papuasia''' is a Level 2 [[biogeography|botanical region]] defined in the [[World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions]] (WGSRPD).<ref>{{cite book |last=Brummitt |first=R.K. |year=2001 |title=World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions: Edition 2 |publisher=International Working Group on Taxonomic Databases For Plant Sciences (TDWG) |url = http://www.nhm.ac.uk/hosted_sites/tdwg/TDWG_geo2.pdf |access-date = 2006-11-27 }}</ref> It lies in the southwestern [[Pacific Ocean]], in the [[Melanesia]] ecoregion of [[Oceania]] and [[Tropical Asia]].
-It comprises the following political entities:
+It comprises the following geographic and political entities:
-*[[Aru Islands]] and [[West Papua (region)|West Papua]] in eastern [[Indonesia]].
+* [[Aru Islands Regency|Aru Islands]] ([[Indonesia]]; treated as part of Western New Guinea in the Scheme)
-*[[Papua New Guinea]]
+* [[New Guinea]]
+** [[Papua New Guinea]]
-*[[Solomon Islands]] (excluding the [[Santa Cruz Islands]])<ref name=ANHSIR>{{cite web|title=The Papuasian region|work=User Documentation for ANHSIR|publisher=Australian National Herbarium|url=http://www.anbg.gov.au/cpbr/anhsir/anhsir-manual/papuasia.html|accessdate=1 May 2014}}</ref>
+** [[Western New Guinea]] (Indonesia)
+* [[Solomon Islands (archipelago)]]
+** [[Autonomous Region of Bougainville|Bougainville]]
+** [[Solomon Islands]] (excluding the [[Santa Cruz Islands]])<ref name=ANHSIR>{{cite web|title=The Papuasian region|work=User Documentation for ANHSIR|publisher=Australian National Herbarium|url=http://www.anbg.gov.au/cpbr/anhsir/anhsir-manual/papuasia.html|access-date=1 May 2014}}</ref>
 ==References==
 {{reflist}}
+[[Category:Australasian realm]]
 [[Category:Flora of Papuasia| ]]
 [[Category:Biogeography]]
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 [[Category:Natural history of Papua New Guinea]]
 [[Category:Natural history of Western New Guinea]]
-[[Category:Flora by distribution categories that follow the World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions]]