floristic
adjective
flo·ris·tic
flȯ-ˈri-stik 
: of or relating to flowers, a flora, or the phytogeographical study of plants and plant groups
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The California floristic province has about 2,600 endemic species found nowhere else on earth.
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Lucy Warren, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Sep. 2023
This shows that the knowledge of the faunal and floristic diversity and to a large extent the microbial diversity is still at the exploratory stages.
—Alfred Oteng-Yeboah, Quartz Africa, 21 Aug. 2019
Lucy Warren, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Sep. 2023
This shows that the knowledge of the faunal and floristic diversity and to a large extent the microbial diversity is still at the exploratory stages.
—Alfred Oteng-Yeboah, Quartz Africa, 21 Aug. 2019
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Word History
First Known Use
1898, in the meaning defined above
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“Floristic.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/floristic. Accessed 16 Apr. 2024.
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