Study scope and species occurrence data

Environmental predictors and species distribution modelling (SDMs)

Chorotype delineation at coarse global scale: ecological-geographical clustering

From clusters to species-chorotype relationships

Pattern mining on enriched associations

Regional refinement of chorotypes

Chorological characterisation of vegetation types

Data filtering, environmental predictors and SDMs summary

Global macro-chorotypes

Global meso-chorotypes

Chorological signatures of Socotran vegetation types

Global signal and regional refinement

Agreement and departures from classical regionalisations

Environmental filters and historical legacies

Interpreting enrichment and multi-cluster patterns

Chorotypes and vegetation classification

Limitations and robustness

Implications and outlook