 In 1505 the Abbey of Flora and its affiliated monasteries were united to the Order of Cîteaux.In 1515 other Florian monasteries united themselves to the Grande Chartreuse (Carthusians) or to the Dominicans, and in 1570, after a century under the regime of commendatory abbots, not a single independent monastery remained, and the Order of Flora had ceased to exist.Under the Abbot of Flora were also four monasteries of religious women, who followed the Florian rule.