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 left:ISS006-E-39653 Image courtesy of the Image Science & Analysis Laboratory, NASA Johnson Space Center. http://eol.jsc.nasa.gov Atafu The Atafu atoll is the smallest of the three atolls of Tokelau. The several motus build a land area of about 2,5 km sq and enclose a lagoon of about 15 km sq. |
| Flora of Atafu (almost complete) (green = pictures) Achyranthes velutina, Asplenium nidus, Calophyllum inophyllum, Cocos nucifera, Cordia subcordata, Ficus tinctoria, Fimbristylis cymosa ssp. umbellatocapitata, Guettarda speciosa, Heliotropium foertherianum, Hernandia nymphaeifolia, Ipomoea macrantha, Lepturus repens, Microsorum grossum, Morinda citrifolia, Nephrolepis hirsutula, Ochrosia oppositifolia, Pandanus tectorius, Pemphis acidula, Pipturus vitiensis, Pisonia grandis, Procris pedunculata, Psilotum nudum, Scaevola taccada, Tacca leontopetaloides (?), Triumfetta procumbens |
| References: - B. E. V. Parham: 'The Vegetation of the Tokelau Islands with special reference to the Plants of Nukunonu Atoll' (1971) - Dieter Mueller-Dombois; Francis Raymond Fosberg: 'Vegetation of the Tropical Pacific Islands' (1997) |