Sinensis by the Polish Jesuit Michał Boym is another early example of a book titled "Flora". However, despite its title it covered not only plants but also some animals of the region, that is China and India. A published flora often contains diagnostic keys. Often these are dichotomous keys, which require the user to examine a plant repeatedly, and decide which one of two alternatives given best applies to the plant. See also Biome — a major regional group of distinctive plant and animal communities Fauna Fauna and Flora Preservation Society Funga – a term equivalent to flora for fungi Herbal Horticultural flora Megaflora Pharmacopoeia The Plant List Vegetation — a general term for the plant life of a region World Flora Online Categories Flora by continent Flora by country Flora by ecoregion Flora by floristic kingdom References External links eFloras — a collection of on-line floras Chilebosque — checklist of Chilean native flora Flora of NW Europe with descriptions and a quiz to test your knowledge Flora of Australia Online Flora of New Zealand Series Online E-Flora of Kerala by Dr N Sasidharan Botanical nomenclature Ecology terminology Habitat Organisms