Editing Indomalayan realm (section)

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[[Image:Ecozone Indomalaya.svg|thumb|320px|The Indomalayan realm (in light orange)]]

The '''Indomalayan realm''' is one of the eight [[biogeographic realm]]s.<ref>[https://www.biologyonline.com/dictionary/indomalayan-realm Indomalayan realm] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221006032320/https://www.biologyonline.com/dictionary/indomalayan-realm |date=2022-10-06 }} ''biologyonline.com''. Retrieved 29 August 2021</ref> It extends across most of [[South Asia|South]] and [[Southeast Asia]] and into the southern parts of [[East Asia]].

Also called the '''Oriental realm''' by [[biogeography|biogeographers]], Indomalaya spreads all over the [[Indian subcontinent]] and [[Southeast Asia]] to lowland southern [[China]], and through [[Indonesia]] as far as [[Sumatra]], [[Java (island)|Java]], [[Bali]], and [[Borneo]], east of which lies the [[Wallace line]], the realm boundary named after [[Alfred Russel Wallace]] which separates Indomalaya from [[Australasian realm|Australasia]]. Indomalaya also includes the [[Philippines]], lowland [[Taiwan]], and [[Japan]]'s [[Ryukyu Islands]].

Most of Indomalaya was originally covered by forest, and includes [[tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests]], with [[tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests]] predominant in much of India and parts of Southeast Asia. The [[tropical forest]]s of Indomalaya are highly variable and diverse, with economically important trees, especially in the families [[Dipterocarpaceae]] and [[Fabaceae]].