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 left:ISS008-E-18284 Image courtesy of the Image Science & Analysis Laboratory, NASA Johnson Space Center. http://eol.jsc.nasa.gov Manra The altogether 13 kmē large Manra atoll, formerly named Sydney, shows some similarities to the Tuamotu Atoll Niau, like those it has a relatively broad stripe of land which encloses the lagoon completely. This hypersaline lagoon will fall dry completely in the coarse of time. |
 left:view over the hypersaline lagoon of Manra Photo: Angela K. Keppler; by courtesy of Angela K. Keppler http://www.pbif.org |
| Flora of Manra (almost complete) (green = pictures) Boerhavia albiflora, Cordia subcordata, Cyperus javanicus, Eragrostis paupera, Fimbristylis cymosa, Guettarda speciosa, Heliotropium foertherianum, Ipomoea macrantha, Lepturus pilgerianus, Lepturus repens, Pisonia grandis, Portulaca lutea, Scaevola taccada, Sesuvium portulacastrum, Sida fallax, Tribulus cistoides, Triumfetta procumbens |
| References: - David R. Stoddart; F. Raymond Fosberg: Flora of the Phoenix Islands, Central Pacific. Smithsonian Institution, Washington. Atoll Res. Bull. 393: 1-60. 1994 |