Flora Malesiana


Flora Malesiana is a multi-volume flora describing the vascular plants of Malesia, published by the National Herbarium of the Netherlands since 1950. It currently consists of 204 full treatments, covering about 20% of a total of approximately 40,000 species.

Main series

Flora Malesiana is divided into two main series: I. Seed plants and II. Pteridophytes. Later volumes include CD-ROMs with additional multimedia content such as interactive keys.

Series I. Seed Plants

Currently, the following volumes have been published in Series I. Seed Plants:
  • Volume 1 – Malesian Plant Collectors
  • Volume 2 & 3 – not published.
  • Volume 4 – Revisions: Aceraceae, Actinidiaceae sens.str., Aizoaceae, Amaranthaceae, Ancistrocladaceae, Aponogetonaceae, Bixaceae sens.str., Burmanniaceae, Callitrichaceae, Cannabinaceae, Caprifoliaceae, Ceratophyllaceae, Chenopodiaceae, Cochlospermaceae, Combretaceae, Convolvulaceae, Corynocarpaae, Crassulaceae, Datiscaceae, Dilleniaceae, Dioscoreaceae, Dipsacaceae, Droseraceae, Elatinaceae, Ficoidaceae see Aizoaceae, Flagellariaceae, Gnetaceae, Gonystylaceae, Hydrocaryaceae, Hydrophyllaceae, Juncaceae, Juncaginaceae, Martyniaceae see Pedaliaceae, Molluginaceae see Aizoaceae, Moringaceae, Myoporaceae, Myricaceae, Nyssaceae, Pedaliaceae, Pentaphragmataceae, Philydraceae, Phytolaccaceae, Plumbaginaceae, Podostemaceae, Polemoniaceae, Pontederiaceae, Punicaceae, Salvadoraceae, Sarcospermaceae, Saururaceae, Sonneratiaceae, Sparganiaceae, Sphenocleaceae, Stackhousiaceae, Stylidiaceae, Styracaceae, Thymelaeaceae–Gonystyloideae, Trapaceae see Hydrocaryaceae, Trigoniaceae, Tumeraceae, Typhaceae, Umbelliferae, Valerianaceae, Xyridaceae, Zygophyllaceae.
  • Volume 5 – Revisions: Alismataceae, Basellaceae, Batidaceae, Betulaceae, Burseraceae, Butomaceae, Centrolepidaceae, Connaraceae, Dichapetalaceae, Erythroxylaceae, Flacourtiaceae, Goodeniaceae, Haemodoraceae, Hamamelidaceae, Hydrocharitaceae, Malpighiaceae, Papaveraceae, Pentaphylacaceae, Pittosporaceae, Proteaceae, Restionaceae, Rhizophoraceae, Salicaceae, Scyphostegiaceae.
  • Volume 6 – Revisions: Campanulaceae, Capparidaceae, Celastraceae, Epacridaceae, Ericaceae, Gerianiaceae, Juglandaceae, Loganiaceae, Najadaceae, Nyctaginaceae, Primulaceae, Simaroubaceae, Staphyleaceae, Thymelaeaceae.
  • Volume 7 part 1 – Revisions: Byblidaceae, Cardiopteridaceae, Clethraceae, Haloragaceae, Icacinaceae, Lemnaceae, Lophopyxidaceae, Ochnaceae, Oxalidaceae, Portulacaceae, Violaceae.
  • Volume 7 part 2 – Revisions: Fagaceae, Passifloraceae.
  • Volume 7 part 3 – Revision: Cyperaceae.
  • Volume 7 part 4 – Revisions: Balanophoraceae, Leeaceae, Taccaceae.
  • Volume 8 part 1 – Revision: Hypericaceae.
  • Volume 8 part 2 – Revisions: Bignoniaceae, Cornaceae, Crypteroniaceae, Iridaceae, Lentibulariaceae, Onagraceae, Symplocaceae, Ulmaceae.
  • Volume 8 part 3 – Revisions: Anacardiaceae, Labiatae.
  • Volume 9 part 1 – Revisions: Araliaceae-I, Liliaceae s.s.
  • Volume 9 part 2 – Revisions: Cyperaceae-II, Liliaceae-I
  • Volume 9 part 3 – Revision: Dipterocarpaceae
  • Volume 10 part 1 – Revisions: Aristolochiaceae, Olacaceae, Opiliaceae, Triuridaceae.
  • Volume 10 part 2 – Revisions: Alseuosmiaceae, Chloranthaceae, Elaeagnaceae, Menispermaceae, Monimiaceae, Sphenostemonaceae, Trimeniaceae.
  • Volume 10 part 3 – Revisions: Araucariaceae, Coniferales, Cruciferae, Ctenolophonaceae, Cupressaceae, Ixonanthaceae, Linaceae, Magnoliaceae, Pinaceae, Podocarpaceae, Polygalaceae, Sabiaceae, Taxaceae.
  • Volume 10 part 4 – Revisions: Chrysobalanaceae, Sabiaceae.
  • Volume 11 part 1 – Revision: Mimosaceae.
  • Volume 11 part 2 – Revisions: Alliaceae, Amaryllidaceae, Coriariaceae, Pentastemonaceae, Rosaceae, Stemonaceae.
  • Volume 11 part 3 – Revision: Sapindaceae.
  • Volume 12 part 1 – Revision: Meliaceae.
  • Volume 12 part 2 – Revisions: Caesalpiniaceae, Geitonoplesiaceae, Hernandiaceae, Lowiaceae.
  • Volume 13 – Revisions: Boraginaceae, Daphniphyllaceae, Illiciaceae, Loranthaceae, Rafflesiaceae, Schisandraceae, Viscaceae.
  • Volume 14 – Revision: Myristicaceae.
  • Volume 15 – Revision: Nepenthaceae.
  • Volume 16 – Revisions: Caryophyllaceae, Cunoniaceae, Potamogetonaceae, Zosteraceae, Cymodoceaceae.
  • Volume 17 part 1 – Revisions: Moraceae – genera other than Ficus.
  • Volume 17 part 2 – Revisions: Moraceae – Ficus.
  • Volume 18 – Apocynaceae
  • Volume 19 – Cucurbitaceae
  • Volume 20 – Acoraceae, Pandaceae, Picrodendraceae

Series II. Pteridophytes

Series II. Pteridophytes consists of:
  • Volume 1 part 1 – Revisions: Gleicheniaceae, Schizaeaceae, Isoetaceae
  • Volume 1 part 2 – Revision: Cyatheaceae
  • Volume 1 part 3 – Revision: Lindsaea group
  • Volume 1 part 4 – Revision: Lomariopsis group.
  • Volume 1 part 5 – Revision: Thelypteridaceae.
  • Volume 2 part 1 – Revision: Tectaria group.
  • Volume 3 – Revisions: Polypodiaceae, Davalliaceae, Azollaceae, Cheiropleuriaceae, Equisetaceae, Matoniaceae, Plagiogyriaceae.

CD-ROMs

Several taxonomic treatments have been published by ETI Bioinformatics on CD-ROM. These treatments have various multimedia features such as interactive keys, many images, and literature databases. Currently, the following treatments have been published on CD-ROM:

Digitalization

In 2010 an initiative was taken to make all of the contents of Flora Malesiana available though a website, as a so-called e-flora. This initiative was taken because the overall progress of Flora Malesiana in terms of the number of species covered is too slow to make a timely contribution towards sustainability and conservation, and several volumes of Flora Malesiana are out-of-print.

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