neotropics
plural noun
neo·trop·ics
ˌnē-ō-ˈträ-piks 
variants
often Neotropics
: the neotropical region
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Amid the roughly six-million-year recovery, the flowering plants that reign supreme in today’s neotropics quickly came to account for 85 to 90 percent of plant diversity, says Jaramillo.
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Alex Fox, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 Apr. 2021
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Alex Fox, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 Apr. 2021
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“Neotropics.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/neotropics. Accessed 25 Nov. 2025.
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