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 left:ISS002-E-9622 Image courtesy of the Image Science & Analysis Laboratory, NASA Johnson Space Center. http://eol.jsc.nasa.gov Pukapuka The Pukapuka Atoll consists of the motus Pukapuka (above right) Ko (below right) und Kotawa (in the middle). At least 36 native plant species were found on the Pukapuka atoll. Peperomia oblancifolia is mentioned here only for the completeness, it is known only from herbarium collections and comes most likely from Samoa. |
| Flora of Pukapuka (almost complete) (fat = endemic, green = pictures) Achyranthes velutina, Asplenium nidus, Barringtonia asiatica, Boerhavia tetrandra, Calophyllum inophyllum, Cassytha filiformis, Chamaesyce sparrmanii, Cocos nucifera, Cordia subcordata, Cyperus javanicus, Cyperus odoratus (?), Digitaria stenotaphrodes, Eleocharis geniculata, Ficus tinctoria, Fimbristylis cymosa, Guettarda speciosa, Heliotropium foertherianum, Hernandia nymphaeifolia, Hibiscus tiliaceus, Ipomoea macrantha, Laportea ruderalis, Lepidium bidentatum, Lepturus repens, Microsorum grossum, Morinda citrifolia (?), Pandanus tectorius, Pemphis acidula, Peperomia oblancifolia (?), Pipturus argenteus var. tuamotensis, Pisonia grandis, Psilotum nudum, Scaevola taccada, Suriana maritima, Triumfetta procumbens, Vigna marina |
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