What is the difference between flora, fauna and vegetation? Eichhornia crassipes is called as an exotic species, while Rauwolfia serpentina is an endemic species in India. What do these terms exotic and endemic refer to?

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The difference between flora, fauna and vegetation are as below

$\begin{matrix} F l o r a & F a u n a & V e g e t a t i o n F l o r a i s a p l a n t l i f e o c c u r i n g & F a u n a i s t o t a l n u m b e r o f & I t r e f e r s t o t h e p l a n t i n a p a r t i c u l a r r e g i o n o r & a n i m a l s f o u n d i n a p a r t i c u l a r & f o r m s o f r e g i o n . I t i s t i m e, g e n e r a l l y t h e n a t u r a l l y & r e g i o n a t p a r t i c u l a r t i m e . & b r o a d a n d g e n e r a l t e r m o c c u r r i n g i n d i g e n o u s n a t i v e & u s e d f o r a p l a n t f o r m s, p l a n t l i f e . & W h i c h d o e s n o t i n c l u d e p a r t i c u l a r t a x a o r a n y b o t a n i c a l c h a r a c t e r i s t i c s . \end{matrix}$

The terms exotic and endemic refers to

$\begin{matrix} E x o t i c S p e c i e s & E n d e m i c S p e c i e s A n y s p e c i e s o f a p l a n t l i v i n g i n a n y o t h e r & E n d e m i c s p e c i e s a r e r e s t i r c t e d t o a p l a c e e x c e p t i t s n a t i v e p l a c e i s s a i d t o b e & p a r t i c u l a r a r e a, e . g ., R a u w o l f i a s e r p e n t i n a i s e x o t i c s p e c i e s . & f o u n d o n l y i n I n d i a, s o i t i s a n e n d e m i c e . g ., E i c h h o r n i a c r a s s i p e s i s n a t i v e o f & s p e c i e s f o u n d o n l y i n I n d i a . \end{matrix}$

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