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 left:ISS002-E-9921 Image courtesy of the Image Science & Analysis Laboratory, NASA Johnson Space Center. http://eol.jsc.nasa.gov Manuae The uninhabited atoll consists of only two motus, Manuae (left) and Te Au O Tu (right). Both islands together anyhow form a land area of 6 km sq. Despite its small area of land with 34 species the flora is quite rich in species, but there are no endemic forms. |
| Flora of Manuae (almost complete) (green = pictures) Boerhavia tetrandra, Calophyllum inophyllum, Cassytha filiformis, Chamaesyce fosbergii, Cladium mariscus ssp. jamaicense, Cocos nucifera, Colubrina asiatica, Cordia subcordata, Fimbristylis cymosa, Guettarda speciosa, Heliotropium anomalum, Heliotropium foertherianum, Hernandia nymphaeifolia, Ipomoea littoralis, Ipomoea macrantha, Laportea ruderalis, Lepidium bidentatum, Lepturus repens, Microsorum grossum, Microsorum katuii, Morinda citrifolia (?), Pandanus tectorius, Pemphis acidula, Pipturus argenteus var. tuamotensis, Portulaca lutea, Psilotum nudum, Scaevola taccada, Schleinitzia insularum (?), Suriana maritima, Thuarea involuta, Timonius polygamus, Triumfetta procumbens, Vigna marina |
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