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 left:ISS006-E-38868 Image courtesy of the Image Science & Analysis Laboratory, NASA Johnson Space Center. http://eol.jsc.nasa.gov Tongareva or Penrhyn The r is pronounced here like an l, so the actual name of Tongareva is Tongaleva. 33 native plant species are known up to now. |
| Flora of Tongareva (almost complete) (green = pictures) Barringtonia asiatica, Boerhavia albiflora, Boerhavia tetrandra, Calophyllum inophyllum, Cassytha filiformis, Cocos nucifera, Colubrina asiatica, Cordia subcordata, Cyperus javanicus, Fimbristylis cymosa, Guettarda speciosa, Heliotropium anomalum, Heliotropium foertherianum, Hernanadia nymphaeifolia, Ipomoea macrantha, Ipomoea pes-caprae ssp. brasiliensis, Laportea ruderalis, Lepidium bidentatum, Lepturus repens, Microsorum grossum, Morinda citrifolia (?), Nephrolepis hirsutula, Pandanus tectorius, Pemphis acidula, Pipturus argenteus var. tuamotuensis, Pisonia grandis, Portulaca lutea, Psilotum nudum, Scaevola taccada, Suriana maritima, Thespesia populnea, Timonius polygamus, Triumfetta procumbens, Ximenia americana |
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