Wallacean
English
Etymology 1
Adjective
Wallacean (comparative more Wallacean, superlative most Wallacean)
- Of or relating to Alfred Russel Wallace (1823–1913), British naturalist, explorer, geographer, anthropologist and biologist.
Etymology 2
Adjective
Wallacean (comparative more Wallacean, superlative most Wallacean)
- Of or relating to Wallacea (a group of Indonesian islands).
- 2011, Dmitry Telnov, Biodiversity, Biogeography and Nature Conservation in Wallacea and New Guinea:
- While the Philippines have a large Sundaland biotic component, there is a significant Wallacean, New Guinea and Australian element in the biota. The evolutuonary relationships of some of the iconic taxa suggest a Wallacean and Gondwanan origin.