Niue

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left: ISS012-E-23616 Image courtesy of the Image Science & Analysis Laboratory, NASA Johnson Space Center. http://eol.jsc.nasa.gov Niue The 'rock of Polynesia' is, with an area of about 260 km², the largest makatea island in the world. At its highest point the island rises 67 m from the sea. Despite its relative isolated location there is no endemic plant form known so far.

left: forest on Niue Photo: Angela K. Keppler; by courtesy of Angela K. Keppler http://www.pbif.org

Flora of Niue (incomplete) (green = pictures) Abrus precatorius, Acrostichum aureum, Aglaia saltatorum, Aglaia samoensis, Allophylus timoriensis, Alphitonia zizyphoides, Alyxia stellata, Angiopteris evecta, Antrophyum plantagineum, Asplenium laserpitiifolium, Asplenium nidus, Asplenium polyodon, Asplenium schizotrichum, Baccaurea seemannii, Barringtonia asiatica, Barringtonia samoensis, Bikkia tetrandra, Boerhavia repens, Bulbophyllum distichobulbum, Bulbophyllum hassallii, Bulbophyllum longiscapum, Caesalpinia bonduc, Caesalpinia major, Calophylum inophyllum, Calophyllum neo-ebudicum, Canarium harveyi, Canavalia rosea, Canavalia sericea, Capparis cordifolia, Cassytha filiformis, Celtis harperi, Centella asiatica (?), Centotheca lappacea (?), Chamaesyce fosbergii, Chionanthus vitiensis, Clerodendrum inerme, Cocos nucifera, Colubrina asiatica, Cordia subcordata, Crepidium resupinatum, Cryptocarya turbinata, Cyclosorus invisus, Cyperus cyperinus, Cyperus cyperoides, Cyperus javanicus, Cyperus seemannianus, Cyrtandra samoensis, Davallia solida, Dendrobium biflorum, Dendrocnide harveyi, Dendrolobium umbellatum, Didymoplexis micradenia, Didymoplexis pallens (?), Digitaria setigera, Diospyros elliptica, Diospyros samoensis, Dodonaea viscosa, Dryopteris dissecta, Drypetes vitiensis, Dysoxylum mollissimum, Elaeocarpus tonganus, Elattostachys apetala, Eleocharis geniculata, Entada phaseoloides, Erythrina variegata, Eugenia reinwardtiana, Eulophia pulchra, Euphorbia tinianensis, Excoecaria agallocha, Fagraea berteroana, Ficus obliqua, Ficus prolixa, Ficus scabra, Ficus tinctoria, Fimbristylis cymosa, Fimbristylis cymosa ssp. umbellatocapitata, Fimbristylis dichotoma, Flagellaria gigantea, Gardenia taitensis, Geniostoma vitiense, Geodorum densiflorum, Glycine tabacina, Grewia crenata, Guettarda speciosa, Gynochthodes epiphytica, Heliotropium anomalum, Heliotropium foertherianum, Heritiera ornithocephala, Hernandia moerenhoutiana ssp. campanulata, Hernandia nymphaeifolia, Hetaeria oblongifolia, Hibiscus diversifolius, Hibiscus tiliaceus, Homalanthus nutans, Huperzia phlegmaria, Inocarpus fagifer, Ipomoea cairica, Ipomoea fimbriosepala, Ipomoea indica, Ipomoea littoralis, Ipomoea macrantha, Ipomoea pes-caprae ssp. brasiliensis, Ischaemum murinum, Ixora calcicola, Jasminum betchei, Kadua romanzoffiensis, Korthalsella platycaula, Laportea interrupta (?), Leptopetalum foetidum, Leucas decemdentata, Litsea samoensis, Macaranga harveyana, Macaranga seemannii, Macaranga seemannii var. capillata, Macropiper puberulum, Maytenus vitiensis, Melicope retusa, Merremia pacifica, Merremia peltata, Micromelum minutum, Microsorum grossum, Microsorum membranifolium, Miscanthus floridulus, Monogramma paradoxa, Morinda citrifolia, Morinda myrtifolia, Mucuna gigantea, Nephrolepis biserrata, Nephrolepis hirsutula, Nervilia aragoana, Nicotiana fragrans, Oberonia equitans, Ochrosia oppositifolia, Oldenlandia biflora, Operculina turpethum, Ophioglossum reticulatum, Oplismenus hirtellus (?), Pachygone vitiensis, Pandanus tectorius, Paspalum orbiculare, Paspalum vaginatum, Passiflora aurantia, Pemphis acidula, Peperomia pallida, Phaius tankervilleae, Phaleria disperma, Phreatia limenophylax, Phreatia matthewsii, Phreatia micrantha, Phyllanthus concolor, Phyllanthus virgatus, Pipturus argenteus var. lanosus, Pisonia grandis, Pittosporum brackenridgei, Planchonella chartacea, Planchonella garberi, Planchonella grayana, Planchonella torricellensis, Polyscias multijuga, Polyscias pinnata, Pometia pinnata, Portulaca lutea, Premna serratifolia, Procris pedunculata, Psilotum nudum, Psychotria insularum, Pteris tripartita, Rhus taitensis, Rourea minor, Santalum yasi, Scaevola taccada, Schleinitzia insularum, Sesuvium portulacastrum, Sida samoensis (?), Solanum americanum, Solanum repandum, Spathoglottis plicata, Spiranthes sinensis, Sterculia fanaiho, Streblus anthropophagorum, Syzygium clusiifolium, Syzygium corynocarpum, Syzygium dealbatum, Syzygium inophylloides, Syzygium richii, Tabernaemontana pandacaqui, Tacca leontopetaloides, Taeniophyllum fasciola, Tarenna sambucina, Tectaria latifolia, Tephrosia purpurea, Terminalia richii, Thespesia populnea, Timonius polygamus, Trema discolor, Triumfetta procumbens, Vigna marina, Vitex trifolia, Wollastonia biflora, Xylosma orbiculatum, Zehneria samoensis, Zeuxine vieillardii

References: - W. Arthur Whistler: Notes on the flora of Niue. New Zealand Journal of Botany 22: 565-567. 1984 - Wolfgang B. Sperlich: Tohi vagahau Niue: Niue Language Dictionary. University of Hawaii Press, 1997