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 left:ISS002-E-10046 Image courtesy of the Image Science & Analysis Laboratory, NASA Johnson Space Center. http://eol.jsc.nasa.gov Manihiki The Manihiki Atoll is build in the east by a single large island, Ngake. The islands Atimoono and Motu Hakamaru join in the east. Furthermore among others the atoll consists of the islands Totia, Haratini, Putangaroa, Tarakite-iti, Tevahavaha and Porea in the south as well as Raukataha, Motupae, Tikapai, Motu o Poia, Kohake-iti and Te Puka in the southwest. In the western part of the atoll are Tauhunu and Murihiti. The Manihiki atoll is home for 32 plant species which are almost all typical atoll-dwelling species. |
| Flora of Manihiki (almost complete) (green = pictures) Acrostichum aureum, Asplenium nidus, Barringtonia asiatica, Boerhavia tetrandra, Calophyllum inophyllum, Cassytha filiformis, Cocos nucifera, Cordia subcordata, Cyperus javanicus, Eleocharis geniculata, Fimbristylis cymosa, Guettarda sepciosa, Heliotropium foertherianum, Hernandia nymphaeifolia, Hibiscus tiliaceus, Ipomoea macrantha, Ipomoea pes-caprae ssp. brasiliensis, Laportea ruderalis, Lepidium bidentatum, Lepturus repens, Microsorum grossum, Morinda citrifolia (?), Nephrolepis biserrata, Pandanus tectorius, Pemphis acidula, Pipturus argenteus var. tuamotensis, Pisonia grandis, Psilotum nudum, Scaevola taccada, Suriana maritima, Thespesia populnea, Triumfetta procumbens, Vigna marina, Ximenia americana |
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