Botanists from Bayreuth explore the unique flora of New Caledonia

BayCEER members Sigrid Liede-Schumann and Ulrich Meve (Plant Systematics) have discovered seven new plant species in the Apocynaceae (commonly known as the dogbane family) in New Caledonia. On the trail of the British explorer James Cook, they examined the flora of the archipelago in the Southwest Pacific in spring 2019, and have now published the results of their long-term studies in the 27th volume of "Flore de la Nouvelle-Calédonie".