隔かく離り分ぶん布ぷ

noun

disjunct distribution

Technical term in biogeography and ecology for a distribution pattern where populations of the same species or related taxa are geographically separated by a barrier or distance.

• この植しょく物ぶつの隔かく離り分ぶん布ぷは、かつて大たい陸りくがつながっていた証しょう拠ことされる。

  The disjunct distribution of this plant is considered evidence that the continents were once connected.