isoflor means an isoline on a map that connects areas where a given number of plant taxa can be found, particularly species within a certain genus or family. Lexicurio rates it Rare gem — a strength score of 82 out of 100.
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- An isoline on a map that connects areas where a given number of plant taxa can be found, particularly species within a certain genus or family.“Isoflor maps do not show actual species distributions, but each line is a contour delimiting a greater or lesser concentration of species. The species distributions for each species is plotted onto one sectional map, then contours are drawn around areas of similar species concentration. The isoflor maps are intended to indicate patterns of distribution concentration, rather than actual distributio”
- An isoline on a map that connects sites with similar Eocene fossil floras.“But by drawing lines known as isoflors we may approximate the positions of Eocene isotherms. These lines connect floras of the same general composition, which are assumed to indicate, as do similar floras to-day, essentially the same climatic background. The isoflor connecting the localities where subtropical floras have been recorded, as shown by Fig. 9, swings up the west coast of Europe into En”