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 left:ISS004-E-5771 Image courtesy of the Image Science & Analysis Laboratory, NASA Johnson Space Center. http://eol.jsc.nasa.gov Suwarrow The uninhabited Suwarrow Atoll consists of the islands Turtle Island, One Tree Island, Brushwood Islands, Whale-, Anchorage- and Gull Island in the north, The Seven Islands in the east, Entrance- and New Island in the southeast as well as Motu Tou and Manu Island in the west. There are 26 native plant species known today from the Suwarrow atoll. |
| Flora of Suwarrow (almost complete) (green = pictures) Asplenium australasicum, Barringtonia asiatica, Boerhavia tetrandra, Calophyllum inophyllum, Canavalia cathartica, Cassytha filiformis, Cocos nucifera, Colubrina asiatica, Cordia subcordata, Digitaria stenotaphrodes, 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, Portulaca lutea, Psilotum nudum, Scaevola taccada, Suriana maritima, Triumfetta procumbens |
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