''Flore de la Nouvelle-Calédonie'' is an ongoing multi-volume flora describing the vascular plants of

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(including the Loyalty Islands, Isles of Pines and

Belep Belep (sometimes unofficially spelled Bélep) is a commune in France, commune in the North Province, New Caledonia, North Province of New Caledonia, an overseas territory of France in the Pacific Ocean. It has almost 900 people living on 70 k ...

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 The Cyperaceae are a family of graminoid (grass-like), monocotyledonous flowering plants known as sedges. The family is large, with some 5,500 known species described in about 90 genera, the largest being the "true sedges" genus ''Carex'' w ...

, Rutaceae, and

Poaceae Poaceae () or Gramineae () is a large and nearly ubiquitous family of monocotyledonous flowering plants commonly known as grasses. It includes the cereal grasses, bamboos and the grasses of natural grassland and species cultivated in lawns an ...

List of published volumes

*Volume 1 (1967) – Sapotaceae by A. Aubréville *Volume 2 (1968) –

Proteaceae The Proteaceae form a family of flowering plants predominantly distributed in the Southern Hemisphere. The family comprises 83 genera with about 1,660 known species. Together with the Platanaceae and Nelumbonaceae, they make up the order Pro ...

by R. Virot *Volume 3 (1969) – Pteridophytes ( Ferns & Lycopods) by G. Brownlie *Volume 4 (1972) –

Gymnosperms The gymnosperms ( lit. revealed seeds) are a group of seed-producing plants that includes conifers, cycads, ''Ginkgo'', and gnetophytes, forming the clade Gymnospermae. The term ''gymnosperm'' comes from the composite word in el, γυμνό� ...

by D.J. de Laubenfels *Volume 5 (1974) –

Lauraceae Lauraceae, or the laurels, is a plant family that includes the true laurel and its closest relatives. This family comprises about 2850 known species in about 45 genera worldwide (Christenhusz & Byng 2016 ). They are dicotyledons, and occur ma ...

by A.J.G. Kostermans *Volume 6 (1975) – Epacridaceae (genera now included in Ericaceae) by

Robert Virot Robert Virot (10 August 1915 in Paris; 10 March 2002 Le Buisson-de-Cadouin, Dordogne), was a French botanist. He obtained a doctorate in science from Paris University in 1956. He lived in New Caledonia from 1936 to 1947. He then returned to France ...

*Volume 7 (1976) – Acanthaceae, Bignoniaceae, Boraginaceae &

Solanaceae The Solanaceae , or nightshades, are a family of flowering plants that ranges from annual and perennial herbs to vines, lianas, epiphytes, shrubs, and trees, and includes a number of agricultural crops, medicinal plants, spices, weeds, and orn ...

by H.Heine *Volume 8 (1977) – Orchidaceae by N. Hallé *Volume 9 (1980) – Flacourtiaceae (genera now included in Salicaceae) by M. Lescot,

Symplocaceae Symplocaceae is a family of flowering plants in the order Ericales, including two genera, ''Symplocos ''Symplocos'' is a genus of flowering plants in the order Ericales. It contains about 300 species distributed in Asia and the Americas. Man ...

by H.P. Nooteboom, Icacinaceae (genera now placed in Cardiopteridaceae, Metteniusaceae and Stemonuraceae),

Corynocarpaceae ''Corynocarpus'' is the only genus of plants in the family Corynocarpaceae and includes five species. It is native to New Guinea, Australia, New Zealand, New Caledonia, and Vanuatu. Species # '' Corynocarpus cribbianus'' (F. M. Bailey) L. S. S ...

& 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 The Atherospermataceae, commonly known as the southern sassafrases, are a family of broadleaf evergreen trees and shrubs. The family includes 14 species in seven genera. The atherosperms are today mostly distributed in the Southern Hemisphere, w ...

, Trimeniaceae, Chloranthaceae by J. Jérémie *Volume 12 (1983) –

Fabaceae The Fabaceae or Leguminosae,International Code of Nomenc ...

Mimosoideae The Mimosoideae are a traditional subfamily of trees, herbs, lianas, and shrubs in the pea family (Fabaceae) that mostly grow in tropical and subtropical climates. They are typically characterized by having radially symmetric flowers, with petals ...

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 Picrodendraceae is a family of flowering plants, consisting of 80 species in 24 genera.Stephens, P.F. (2001 onwards). Angiosperm Phylogeny Website. Version 9, June 2008. http://www.mobot.org/MOBOT/Research/APweb/ These are subtropical to tropical ...

) by G. McPherson & C. Tirel *Volume 15 (1988) – Hernandiaceae by J. Jérémie, Meliaceae by D.J. Mabberley,

Oncothecaceae ''Oncotheca'' is a genus of tree endemic to New Caledonia. There are two species, '' Oncotheca balansae'' and '' Oncotheca humboldtiana''. ''Oncotheca'' is the sole genus of the Oncothecaceae, which is one of three families of flowering plants ...

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 Myrtaceae, the myrtle family, is a family of dicotyledonous plants placed within the order Myrtales. Myrtle, pōhutukawa, bay rum tree, clove, guava, acca (feijoa), allspice, and eucalyptus are some notable members of this group. All speci ...

-Leptospermoideae (Myrtaceae excluding

Myrteae Myrteae is the largest tribe in the plant family Myrtaceae. It includes most of the species of the family that have fleshy fruits. Well-known members include edible fruit such as feijoa (''Feijoa sellowiana''), guava (''Psidium guajava''), jab ...

and

Syzygieae ''Syzygium'' () is a genus of flowering plants that belongs to the myrtle family, Myrtaceae. The genus comprises about 1200 species, and has a native range that extends from Africa and Madagascar through southern Asia east through the Pacific. ...

) by J.W. Dawson *Volume 19 (1993) –

Ebenaceae The Ebenaceae are a family of flowering plants belonging to order Ericales. The family includes ebony and persimmon among about 768 species of trees and shrubs. It is distributed across the tropical and warmer temperate regions of the world. It ...

by F. White,

Winteraceae Winteraceae is a primitive family of tropical trees and shrubs including 93 species in five genera. It is of particular interest because it is such a primitive angiosperm family, distantly related to Magnoliaceae, though it has a much more south ...

by W. Vink *Volume 20 (1996) – Celastraceae by I.H. Müller,

Loranthaceae Loranthaceae, commonly known as the showy mistletoes, is a family of flowering plants. It consists of about 75 genera and 1,000 species of woody plants, many of them hemiparasites. The three terrestrial species are ''Nuytsia floribunda'' (the W ...

& Viscaceae ('' Korthalsella'' now placed in Santalaceae) by B.A. Barlow, Alseuosmiaceae (''

Periomphale ''Periomphale balansae'' is a species of shrub in the Alseuosmiaceae family. It is endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zo ...

'') by C. Tirel & J. Jérémie,

Paracryphiaceae The Paracryphiaceae are a family of woody shrubs and trees native to Australia, southeast Asia, and New Caledonia. In the APG III system of 2009, the family is placed in its own order (biology), order, Paracryphiales, in the euasterids II, campan ...

(''

Paracryphia ''Paracryphia'' is a genus of a single species, ''Paracryphia alticola'', a small tree or shrub endemic to New Caledonia in the family Paracryphiaceae. Its closest relative is ''Sphenostemon ''Sphenostemon'' is the genus of small evergreen tre ...

'') by J. Jérémie, Tiliaceae (genera now placed in Malvaceae- Grewioideae) by C. Tirel *Volume 21 (1997) – Sphenostemonaceae (''

Sphenostemon ''Sphenostemon'' is the genus of small evergreen trees or shrubs native to New Guinea, Queensland (Australia) and New Caledonia. They have opposite or spiral leaves, and at most small stipules. The small flowers, borne in terminal inflorescences, ...

'' now placed in

) by J. Jérémie, Anacardiaceae by M. Hoff, Cruciferae by B. Jonsell *Volume 22 (1998) – Menispermaceae by L. Forman, Oleaceae &

Passifloraceae The Passifloraceae are a family of flowering plants, containing about 750 species classified in around 27 genera. They include trees, shrubs, lianas, and climbing plants, and are mostly found in tropical regions. The family takes its name from t ...

by P.S. Green *Volume 23 (1999) –

-'' 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 The Lamiaceae ( ) or Labiatae are a family of flowering plants commonly known as the mint, deadnettle or sage family. Many of the plants are aromatic in all parts and include widely used culinary herbs like basil, mint, rosemary, sage, savory ...

by D.J. Mabberley & R.P.J. de Kok,

Vitaceae The Vitaceae are a family of flowering plants, with 14 genera and around 910 known species, including common plants such as grapevines (''Vitis'' spp.) and Virginia creeper (''Parthenocissus quinquefolia''). The family name is derived from the ge ...

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 Periplocoideae is a subfamily of the dogbane plant family, Apocynaceae. It was not divided into Tribe (biology), tribes as of 2014. Genera In 2014, the subfamily was Circumscription (taxonomy), circumscribed to contain the following genera: *''A ...

Secamonoideae Secamonoideae is a subfamily of the dogbane family, Apocynaceae. Genera *'' Calyptranthera'' Klack., 1996 *'' Genianthus'' Hook. f., 1883 *'' Goniostemma'' Wight, 1834 *'' Pervillaea'' Decne., 1844 *''Secamone ''Secamone'' is a genus of plan ...

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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