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 left:ISS006-E-39657 Image courtesy of the Image Science & Analysis Laboratory, NASA Johnson Space Center. http://eol.jsc.nasa.gov Fakaofo The Fakaofu atoll consists of about sixty motus, wich together build a land area of only about 4 km sq. They enclose a lagoon of araound 50 km sq. |
| Flora of Fakaofo (almost complete) (green = pictures) Achyranthes velutina, Asplenium nidus, Boerhavia tetrandra, Calophyllum inophyllum, Cassytha filiformis, Cocos nucifera, Cordia subcordata, Cyperus javanicus, Davallia solida, Digitaria setigera, Ficus tinctoria, Fimbristylis cymosa ssp. umbellatocapitata, Guettarda speciosa, Heliotropium foertherianum, Hernandia nymphaeifolia, Ipomoea macrantha, Laportea ruderalis, Lepturus repens, Ludwigia octovalvis, Microsorum grossum, Morinda citrifolia, Nephrolepis hirsutula, Pandanus tectorius, Pemphis acidula, Pisonia grandis, Procris pedunculata, Psilotum nudum, Scaevola taccada, Solanum viride, Stenotaphrum micranthum, 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) |