Relating to the flowers of a region; concerning the study of flora, plant species, and their distribution.
From flora (the plants of a region) plus the suffix -istic (relating to or characteristic of). Flora derives from Flora, the Roman goddess of flowers.
Floristic studies reveal that continents separated millions of years ago still share related plant families—Australia's unique floristics came from ancient seeds that drifted or were carried across the Indian Ocean.
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