Members of this genus are shrubs, rarely small trees or herbs, occurring in the lowlands of tropical South and Central America.

Its native range is in Central America but presently it has become naturalized in many countries of tropical South and Southeast Asia.

The jacamars are a family, Galbulidae, of near passerine birds from tropical South and Central America, extending up to Mexico.

Sugarcane is indigenous to tropical South and Southeast Asia.

They are resident in tropical South and Southeast Asia.

These pairings drew together popular attention on exploration of the arctic North and the tropical South.

It is also the only extant genus within the Actinidiaceae whose natural distribution includes areas outside of Asia (tropical South and Central America).

These species are found throughout tropical and subtropical South and Central America.

The mixture generates less heat, so they are mostly used in the tropical South of China.

Sugarcane was originally from tropical South and Southeast Asia.