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 left:ISS009-E-6988 Image courtesy of the Image Science & Analysis Laboratory, NASA Johnson Space Center. http://eol.jsc.nasa.gov Palmerston The Palmerston Atoll is composed among others by the larger islands North Island in the north, Palmerston in the west, Cook's Island, Tom's Island in the south, Primrose Island in the southeast and Leicester Island in the east, as well as some smaller islets. The native flora contains 33 species. |
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| above: The Palmerston Atoll seen from sea. Photo: Angela K. Keppler http://www.pbif.org |
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| above: The typically vegetation of an central polynesian atoll, consisting of ngashu (Scaevola taccada), 'ano (Guettarda speciosa) and niu (Cocos nucifera). Photo: Angela K. Keppler http://www.pbif.org |
| Flora of Palmerston (almost complete) (green = pictures) Adenostemma viscosum, Asplenium nidus, Barringtonia asiatica, Boerhavia tetrandra, Calophyllum inophyllum, Cassytha filiformis, Cocos nucifera, Cordia subcordata, Cyperus javanicus, Eleocharis geniculata, Fimbristylis cymosa, Guettarda speciosa, Heliotropium anomalum, Heliotropium foertherianum, Hernandia nymphaeifolia, Hibiscus tiliaceus, Ipomoea macrantha, Ipomoea pes-caprae ssp. brasiliensis, Kadua romanzoffiensis, Lepidium bidentatum, Lepturus repens, Microsorum grossum, Morinda citrifolia (?), Pandanus tectorius, Pemphis acidula, Pisonia grandis, Psilotum nudum, Scaevola taccada, Solanum nodiflorum, Suriana maritima, Thuarea involuta, Timonius polygamus, Triumfetta procumbens |
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