Flore de la Nouvelle-Calédonie is an ongoing multi-volume flora describing the vascular plants of New Caledonia (including the Loyalty Islands, Isles of Pines and Belep islands) in the South-West Pacific. published by the National Museum of Natural History in Paris since 1967. Each species treatment typically includes taxonomic information, morphological description, a line drawing and a distribution map. Originally published as Flore de la Nouvelle-Calédonie et Dépendances, since 2014 it has been renamed shortly Flore de la Nouvelle-Calédonie and is co-published with Institut de Recherche pour le Développement in a fully colored format. Flore de la Nouvelle-Calédonie currently consists of 27 volumes, covering little over 50% of a total of approximately 3,400 speciesMorat, P., T. Jaffré, F. Tronchet, J. Munzinger, Y. Pillon, J. M. Veillon, and M. Chalopin (2012). The taxonomic reference base Florical and characteristics of the native vascular flora of New Caledonia. Adansonia 34 (2): 179–221. https://dx.doi.org/10.5252/a2012n2a1 native to the New Caledonian archipelago. Major botanical families awaiting treatment include Rubiaceae, Cyperaceae, Rutaceae, and Poaceae.
List of published volumes Volume 1 (1967) – Sapotaceae by A. Aubréville Volume 2 (1968) – Proteaceae by R. Virot Volume 3 (1969) –Pteridophytes (Ferns & Lycopods) by G. Brownlie Volume 4 (1972) – Gymnosperms by D.J. de Laubenfels Volume 5 (1974) – Lauraceae by A.J.G. Kostermans Volume 6 (1975) – Epacridaceae (genera now included in Ericaceae) by Robert Virot Volume 7 (1976) – Acanthaceae, Bignoniaceae, Boraginaceae & Solanaceae by H.Heine Volume 8 (1977) – Orchidaceae by N. Hallé Volume 9 (1980) – Flacourtiaceae (genera now included in Salicaceae) by M. Lescot, Symplocaceae by H.P. Nooteboom, Icacinaceae (genera now placed in Cardiopteridaceae, Metteniusaceae and Stemonuraceae), Corynocarpaceae & Olacaceae by J.F. Villiers Volume 10 (1981) – Apocynaceae (excluding former Asclepiadaceae) by P. Boiteau Volume 11 (1982) – Elaeocarpaceae by C. Tirel, Monimiaceae, Amborellaceae, Atherospermataceae, Trimeniaceae, Chloranthaceae by J. Jérémie Volume 12 (1983) – Fabaceae-Mimosoideae by I. Nielsen, Chrysobalanaceae by G. Prance, Plumbaginaceae by J. Edmondson Volume 13 (1984) – Convolvulaceae by H. Heine Volume 14 (1987) – Euphorbiaceae part I (including genera now placed in Picrodendraceae) by G. McPherson & C. Tirel Volume 15 (1988) – Hernandiaceae by J. Jérémie, Meliaceae by D.J. Mabberley, Oncothecaceae by P. Morat & J.-M. Veillon, Santalaceae by N. Hallé Volume 16 (1990) – Dilleniaceae by J.-M. Veillon, Goodeniaceae by I.H. Müller, Iridaceae by P. Goldblatt, Campynemataceae by P. Goldblatt Volume 17 (1991) – Euphorbiaceae - Phyllanthoideae (genera now placed in Phyllanthaceae and Putranjivaceae) by G. McPherson & M. Schmid Volume 18 (1992) – Myrtaceae-Leptospermoideae (Myrtaceae excluding Myrteae and Syzygieae) by J.W. Dawson Volume 19 (1993) – Ebenaceae by F. White, Winteraceae by W. Vink Volume 20 (1996) – Celastraceae by I.H. Müller, Loranthaceae & Viscaceae (Korthalsella now placed in Santalaceae) by B.A. Barlow, Alseuosmiaceae (Periomphale) by C. Tirel & J. Jérémie, Paracryphiaceae (Paracryphia) by J. Jérémie, Tiliaceae (genera now placed in Malvaceae-Grewioideae) by C. Tirel Volume 21 (1997) – Sphenostemonaceae (Sphenostemon now placed in Paracryphiaceae) by J. Jérémie, Anacardiaceae by M. Hoff, Cruciferae by B. Jonsell Volume 22 (1998) – Menispermaceae by L. Forman, Oleaceae & Passifloraceae by P.S. Green Volume 23 (1999) – Myrtaceae-Syzygium by J.W. Dawson Volume 24 (2002) – Pittosporaceae by C. Tirel & J.-M. Veillon Volume 25 (2004) – Hippocrateaceae (Dicarpellum now placed in Celastraceae) by M.P. Simmons, Labiatae by D.J. Mabberley & R.P.J. de Kok, Vitaceae by D.J. Mabberley Volume 26 (2014) – Cunoniaceae by H.C.F. Hopkins, Y. Pillon & R.D. Hoogland Volume 27 (2020) – Apocynaceae p.p. (Periplocoideae, Secamonoideae and Asclepiadoideae) by S. Liede-Schumann, U. Meve & G. Gâteblé, Phellinaceae by G. Barriera, Capparaceae by S. Fici
off series Catalogue of introduced and cultivated plants in New Caledonia by H.S. McKee (1985: first edition, 1994: second edition)
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