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Table 1 The names and abbreviations of biomes and 34 terrestrial ecoregions in Asia

From: Investigation of floristic similarities between Taiwan and terrestrial ecoregions in Asia using GBIF data

Acronym of ecoregions

Name of biome

Name of ecoregions

Number of data recorda

Number of scientific nameb

Group of cold winter deserts

 ERG-15

Cold-winter desert

Takla-Makan-Gobi Desert

12,062

2744

 ERG-16

Cold-winter desert

Tibetan

38,004

2371

Group of temperate ecoregions

 ERG-02

Mixed mountain system

Altai highlands

2355

162

 ERG-03

Temperate grasslands

Mongolian-Manchurian Steppe

2071

600

 ERG-01

Temperate needle-leaf forests/woodlands

East Siberian Taiga

1343

467

 ERG-04

Temperate broad-leaf forests

Manchu-Japanese mixed forests

3180

909

 ERG-05

Temperate broad-leaf forests

Manchu-Japanese mixed forests

5575

988

 ERG-06

Temperate broad-leaf forests

Oriental deciduous forests

442

238

 ERG-07

Temperate broad-leaf forests

Oriental deciduous forests

33,562

2066

 ERG-11

Temperate broad-leaf forests

Oriental deciduous forests

3618

1085

 ERG-13

Temperate broad-leaf forests

Oriental deciduous forests

13,876

2959

Group of subtropical ecoregions

 ERG-08

Subtropical/temperate rain forests/woodlands

Japanese evergreen forest

287,306

4433

 ERG-09

Subtropical/temperate rain forests/woodlands

Japanese evergreen forest

22,180

1857

 ERG-10

Subtropical/temperate rain forests/woodlands

Japanese evergreen forest

1684

611

 ERG-12

Subtropical/temperate rain forests/woodlands

Japanese evergreen forest

600,788

4519

 ERG-14c

Temperate broad-leaf forests

Oriental deciduous forests

139,697

7862

 ERG-17

Subtropical/temperate rain forests/woodlands

Chinese subtropical forests

194,854

11,696

 ERG-20

Mixed mountain system

Szechwan highlands

186,933

12,271

 ERG-21

Mixed mountain system

Himalayan highlands

55,145

6413

Group of tropical ecoregions

 ERG-18

Tropical humid forests

South Chinese rainforests

9396

2586

 ERG-19

Tropical humid forests

South Chinese rainforests

5770

1876

 ERG-23

Tropical humid forests

Bengalian rainforest

2230

412

 ERG-25

Tropical humid forests

Burman rainforest

992

439

 ERG-27

Tropical humid forests

Indochinese rainforests

196,220

5577

 ERG-28

Tropical humid forests

Malayan rainforests

14,573

3339

 ERG-22

Tropical dry forest/woodlands

India subcontinent

28,662

3112

 ERG-24

Tropical dry forests

Burma monsoon forests

2075

573

 ERG-26

Tropical dry forests/woodlands

Thailandian monsoon forest

33,293

5996

 ERG-29

Mixed island systems

Philippines

33,825

3390

 ERG-30

Mixed island systems

Borneo

90,332

6813

 ERG-31

Mixed island systems

Sumantra

11,763

2341

 ERG-32

Mixed island systems

Java

7431

1503

 ERG-33

Mixed island systems

Sulawesi

20,724

2391

 ERG-34

Mixed island systems

Papuan

226,960

9502

  1. Locations of the ecoregions are showed on the map in Fig. 1. ERG is the abbreviation of ecoregion. The 34 ecoregions were categorized into 4 groups. Numbers of data records were downloaded from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) and numbers of scientific names were derived from the data records
  2. aNumber of data record: data records were downloaded from the GBIF and data records of an ecoregion were extracted from different countries and incorporated into one ecoregion
  3. bNumber of scientific name: the number of scientific names derived from the data records of GBIF. The number is not the real species richness because many synonyms were in the lists
  4. cERG-14 is categorized into subtropical group according to local references and different from the categorization of WWF