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 left:ISS002-E-10045 Image courtesy of the Image Science & Analysis Laboratory, NASA Johnson Space Center. http://eol.jsc.nasa.gov Rawaki This island is still commonly known as Phoenix Island. It is a very small, only 500 mē large islet, but despite its small size it is the only island in the Phoenix Group that has some natural freshwater deposits. |
| Flora of Rawaki (almost complete) (green = pictures) Boerhavia albiflora, Cordia subcordata, Laportea ruderalis, Lepturus pilgerianus, Portulaca lutea, Sesuvium portulacastrum, Sida fallax, Triumfetta procumbens (ex) |
| References: - David R. Stoddart; F. Raymond Fosberg: Flora of the Phoenix Islands, Central Pacific. Smithsonian Institution, Washington. Atoll Res. Bull. 393: 1-60. 1994 - R. J. Pierce; T. Etei; V. Kerr; E. Saul; A. Teatata; M. Thorsen; G. Wragg: Phoenix Islands Conservation Survey and Assessment of restoration feasibility: Kiribati. Pacific Invasives Initiative, CEPF and Conservation International, Samoa. 2006 |