**Acknowledgements**

**6. Conclusions**

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aspects and on studies of the flora and vegetation.

A18. Gonave Island. A19 Tortuga Island.

proposed designation as being of special interest for conservation.

Hispaniola has recently been elevated by us to the rank of biogeographical province [2, 22, 24], having previously been treated with the rank of biogeographical sector [4] and included in the province of the Antilles. In previous studies, we raised it to the rank of superprovince of the Central‐Eastern Antilles and included Hispaniola in it, which along with a group of small neigh‐ bouring islands—Beata, Saona, Gonave and Tortuga—constitute the province of Hispaniola. In the current study, we propose a biogeographical typology with the rank of district for both coun‐ tries (Dominican Republic and Republic of Haiti) in the biogeographical province of Hispaniola, in which we establish five biogeographical territories (sectors) and 19 areas (districts), in the Caribbean‐Mesoamerican region. This proposal is based on geological, climatic and bioclimatic

The high number of genera and endemic species in areas A12, A13 and A16 justifies their

Superprovince of the Central‐Eastern Antilles. Province of Hispaniola. 1. **Central subprovince**. 1.1. Central BT. BA‐A16. Central‐Eastern. 2. **Caribbean‐Atlantic subprovince**. 2.1. Bahoruco‐ Hottense BT. BA‐A12. Bahoruco‐La Selle. BA‐A13. Hottense. 2.2. Neiba‐Matheux‐North‐east‐ ern BT. BA‐A14. Neiba‐Matheux. BA‐A15. North‐western. BA‐A17. Central‐Western. BA‐A19. Tortuga Island. 2.3. BT Azua‐ San Juán‐Hoya Enriquillo‐Port au Prince‐Artiobonite‐Gonaivës. BA‐A9. Azua‐Sán Juán‐Hoya Herniquillo. BA‐A10. Central Plain. BA‐A11. Port au Prince‐ Arbiobonite‐Gonaives. BA‐A18. Gonave Island. 2.4. Caribbean‐Cibense BT. BA‐A3. Cibao Valley. BA‐A7. Eastern Caribbean. BA‐A8. Yamasense. 2.5. Northern BT. BA‐A1. Northern Cordillera. BA‐A2. Coastal Atlantic. BA‐A4. Samanense. BA‐A5. Eastern. BA‐A6.Haitiense **Figure 12**.

**Figure 12.** Map of biogeographical areas (districts) of Hispaniola. A1. Northern Cordillera. A2. Coastal‐Atlantic District. A3. Cibao Valley. A4. Samanense. A5. Eastern. A6. Haitiense. A7. Eastern‐Caribbean. A8. Yamasense. A9. Azua‐Sán Juan‐ Lago Herniquillo. A10. Central Plain (Haiti). A11. Port au Prince‐Ariobonite‐Gonaivës. A12. Bahoruco‐La Selle. A13. Hottense. A14. Neiba‐Matheux. A15. Northwest Haiti. A16. Central‐Eastern. A17. Central‐western (Massif du Nord). Our most sincere thanks go to the architect Francisco Javier Quiros Higueras for designing the profiles and maps.
