New Zealand in its endemic plants is much more closely related to Australia, the nearest mainland, than to any other region: and this is what might have been expected;
Zeelanda Berriak, bere landare endemikoei dagokienez, hurbilen duen lehorburuarekin, Australiarekin, dauka askoz lotura gehiago beste ezein eskualderekin baino, eta horixe da, izan ere, espero zitekeena;