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Rarotonga
The main island of the Cook Islands is also the largest and higest of the
islands.
The mountain te manga is with 653 m Rarotonga's highest point. well known
is also the te rua manga, also called the needle.
In the southeast are four offshore coral islands, Motutapu, Oneroa,
Koromiri and Taakoka. A fifht, called Motutopa, is in the north.
At Rarotonga 248 native plant species have been counted up to now, among
them at least 18 that are endemic. |
Flora of Rarotonga
(almost complete)
(fat = endemic, green = pictures)
Abrodictyum caudatum,
Abrodicytum dentatum,
Abrus precatorius,
Acalypha wilderi (ex),
Acrophorus raiateensis,
Adenostemma viscosum,
Adiantum hispidulum,
Allophylus rhomboidalis,
Alphitinia zizyphoides,
Alsophila tahitensis,
Alstonia costata,
Alyxia stellata,
Angiopteris evecta,
Antrophyum
plantagineum,
Arachniodes aristata,
Arthropteris palisotii,
Ascarina
diffusa,
Asplenium australasicum,
Asplenium caudatum, Asplenium excisum,
Asplenium gibberosum,
Asplenium laserpitiifolium, Asplenium lunulatum,
Asplenium nidus, Asplenium parksii,
Asplenium schizotrichum,
Asplenium tenerum,
Balanophora wilderi,
Barringtonia asiatica,
Belvisia mucronata,
Bischofia
javanica,
Blechnum orientale, Blechnum procerum,
Blechnum vulcanicum,
Boerhavia acutifolia,
Boerhavia tetrandra, Bolbitis lonchophora,
Bulbophyllum longiflorum,
Caesalpinia major,
Callerya australis,
Callistopteris apiifolia,
Calophyllum inophyllum,
Canavalia cathartica,
Canavalia sericea,
Capparis
cordifolia,
Carex stokesii,
Cassytha filiformis,
Celtis pacifica,
Cenchrus calyculatus,
Chamaesyce fosbergii,
Charpentiera australis, Chrysopogon
aciculatus (?),
Cocculus orbiculatus,
Cocos nucifera,
Colubrina asiatica,
Coprosma laevigata,
Cordia subcordata,
Crepidomanes bipunctatum,
Crepidomanes humile, Ctenitis samoensis,
Ctenopterella blechnoides, Cyathea decurrens,
Cyclophyllum barbatum,
Cyclosorus costatus,
Cyclosorus dentatus, Cyclosorus glandulifera,
Cyclosorus invisus,
Cyclosorus opulentus,
Cyclosorus parasitica,
Cyclosorus subpectinatus,
Cymbopogon refractus,
Cyperus javanicus,
Cyperus macrophyllus, Cyperus marquisensis, Cyperus odoratus (?),
Cypholophus
macrocephalus var. mollis,
Cyrtandra lillianae,
Cyrtandra
rarotongensis,
Davallia denticulata var. elata,
Davallia solida,
Decaisnina forsteriana,
Dendrobium involutum,
Deparia petersenii ssp. congrua,
Dianella
adenanthera,
Dicranopteris linearis,
Didymoglossum tahitense,
Diplazium
harpeodes,
Dodonaea viscosa,
Doodia media,
Doryopteris concolor,
Dryopteris dissecta,
Dryopteris fatuhivensis,
Elaeocarpus tonganus,
Elaphoglossum samoense,
Elaphoglossum savaiiense,
Eleocharis geniculata,
Entada phaseoloides,
Erythrina variegata,
Eugenia reinwardtiana,
Fagraea berteroana,
Ficinia nodosa,
Ficus prolixa,
Ficus tinctoria,
Fimbristylis cymosa,
Fitchia speciosa,
Freycinetia arborea,
Gahnia aspera,
Garnotia cheesemanii,
Geniostoma rarotongensis,
Geophila repens,
Glochidion concolor,
Grewia
crenata,
Guettarda speciosa,
Habenaria amplifolia,
Haloragis sp. 'Rarotonga', Haplopteris
rigida,
Heliotropium anomalum,
Heliotropium foertherianum,
Hernandia
moerenhoutiana,
Hernandia nymphaeifolia,
Hibiscus australensis,
Hibisus
tiliaceus,
Histiopteris incisa,
Homalanthus moerenhoutianus,
Homalium
acuminatum,
Huperzia carinata,
Huperzia phlegmaria, Huperzia ribourtii,
Huperzia squarrosa,
Hymenophyllum digitatum,
Hymenophyllum polyanthos,
Hypolepis dicksonioides,
Hypolepis tenuifolia,
Ipomoea littoralis,
Ipomoea macrantha,
Ipomoea pes-caprae ssp.
brasiliensis, Isachne distichophylla,
Ixora triflora,
Jasminum didymum,
Korthalsella platycaula,
Lastreopsis pacifica,
Lepidium bidentatum,
Leptopetalum foetidum,
Lepturus
repens,
Leucas decemdentata,
Leucosyke corymbulosa,
Limnophila fragrans,
Lindernia crustacea,
Lindsaea propinqua,
Lindsaea repens
var. marquesensis,
Liparis clypeolum (ex), Liparis orbiculata, Lomagramma tahitensis,
Lycopodiella
cernua,
Macaranga harveyana,
Macropiper latifolium,
Macrothelypteris polypodioides,
Macrothelypteris torresiana,
Malaxis reineckeana,
Malaxis resupinata,
Maytenus vitiensis,
Melastoma denticulatum,
Melicope
bracteata,
Merremia peltata,
Meryta pauciflora,
Metrosideros
collina,
Microlepia speluncae,
Microsorum commutatum,
Microsorum grossum,
Microsorum powellii, Microstegium glabratum,
Miscanthus floridulus,
Monogramma paradoxa,
Morinda citrifolia (?),
Morinda myrtifolia,
Mucuna
gigantea,
Mussaenda raiateensis,
Myoporum wilderi,
Myrsine cheesemanii,
Nephrolepis biserrata, Nephrolepis flexuosa,
Nephrolepis hirsutula,
Oberonia equitans,
Operculina turpethum,
Ophioglossum nudicaule,
Ophioglossum pendulum,
Ophioglossum reticulatum,
Osteomeles
anthyllidifolia,
Pachypleuria pectinata,
Pandanus tectorius,
Paspalum vaginatum,
Pemphis
acidula, Peperomia x abscondita,
Peperomia blanda var. floribunda,
Peperomia pallida, Peperomia rhomboidea,
Peperomia wilderi,
Persicaria glabra (?),
Phaius tankervilleae,
Phaius terrestris,
Pilea
bisepala (?),
Pipturus argenteus var. lanosus,
Pisonia grandis,
Pisonia
umbellifera,
Pittosporum rarotongense,
Planchonella grayana, Polystichum
aculeatum,
Portulaca lutea,
Premna serratifolia,
Procris pedunculata,
Pseudophegopteris paludosa,
Psilotum complanatum,
Psilotum nudum,
Psychotria whistleri,
Pteris comans,
Pteris tripartita,
Ptisana salicina,
Pyrrosia serpens,
Radiogrammitis cheesemanii,
Scaevola taccada,
Schizaea dichotoma,
Schleinitzia insularum,
Sclerotheca viridiflora,
Sesuvium portulacastrum,
Solanum
nodiflorum,
Sophora tomentosa,
Spathoglottis plicata,
Sphaeropteris parksiae,
Sphenomeris
chinensis, Stenotaphrum micranthum,
Streblus anthropophagorum,
Suriana
maritima,
Taeniophyllum fasciola,
Tectaria decurrens,
Tephrosia purpurea,
Teratophyllum wilkesianum,
Terminalia glabrata var. rarotongensis,
Thespesia populnea,
Thuarea involuta,
Triumfetta procumbens,
Tuberolabium
papuanum,
Vaccinium cereum ssp. cheesemanii,
Vandenboschia
maxima,
Vigna
adenantha,
Vigna marina,
Vitex trifolia,
Weinmannia samoensis,
Wikstroemia coriacea,
Wollastonia biflora,
Xylosma suaveolens ssp. gracile |
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