Pantropical

In biogeography, a pantropical ("across the tropics") distribution is one which covers tropical regions of all continents. Examples include the plant genera Acacia and Bacopa.

Neotropical is a zoogeographic term that covers a large part of the Americas, roughly from Mexico and the Caribbean, and southwards (including cold regions in southernmost South America).

Palaeotropical refers to geographical occurrence. For a distribution to be palaeotropical a taxon must occur in tropical regions on continents in the Old World.

See also

• Afrotropic ecozone
• Tropical Africa
• Tropical Asia