The Spread of Flora and Fauna In Indonesia

Flora in the region of Indonesian archipelago is influenced by condition of climate and geological condition.
Geologically, Indonesian archipelago was once united with Asia and Australia continents, so Indonesia functions as a bridge spread of Asian and Australian flora.
Specifically, flora in Indonesia is divided into 3 that is : the west part is included into Asian flora, east part is included in Australian region while flora in central Indonesia is included into transitional flora.
According to FAO, in Indonesia there are many kinds of flowwering plants, for example : Papua has 12 genera, Kalimantan has 59 genera, Sumatera has 17 genera, Java has 10 genera.
Astronomically, Indonesia lies between 6'NL-11'SL and 95'WM-141'WM. It means Indonesia lies in tropical climate region. Characteristics of tropical region are : high enough temperature, high enough rain fall, and its sois is fertile that is caused by fast corrosion of rock.
Abiotic environments vary a lot making Indonesia rich is animals and plants. In Indonesia there are 10% of plant species, 12% of mammal species, 16% of reptile and amphibian species, and 17% of bird species existing in the world. Some species have endemic property, that is only found in Indonesia and not found in other places. Examples are as follows :
> Cendrawasih bird in Papua.
> Male Bird in Sulawesi.
> Comodo in Komodo Island.
> Anoa in Sulawesi.
> Rafflesia arnoldi is found in Sumatera Island and its spread is along Bukit Barisan fron Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam until Lampung.
> Amorphophallus titanium is specific flora of Indonesia that found in Sumatera Island.

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