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 left:ISS014-E-5532 Image courtesy of the Image Science & Analysis Laboratory, NASA Johnson Space Center. http://eol.jsc.nasa.gov Nukunonu The Nukunonu atoll is the largest of the three Tokelau atolls. The about thirty motus together build a land area of about 4,7 km sq and enclose a lagoon of ca. 98 km sq. |
| Flora of Nukunonu (almost complete) (green = pictures) Achyranthes velutina, Asplenium nidus, Boerhavia tetrandra, Calophyllum inophyllum, Cassytha filiformis, Cocos nucifera, Cordia subcordata, Digitaria setigera, Ficus tinctoria, Fimbristylis cymosa ssp. umbellatocapitata, Guettarda speciosa, Haplopteris rigida var. samoensis, Hedyotis romazoffiensis, Heliotropium foertherianum, Hernandia nymphaeifolia, Ipomoea macrantha, Laportea ruderalis, Lepturus repens, Microsorum grossum, Morinda citrifolia, Nephrolepis hirsutula, Ochrosia oppositifolia, Pandanus tectorius, Pemphis acidula, Pipturus vitiensis, Pisonia grandis, Procris pedunculata, Psilotum nudum, Scaevola taccada, Solanum viride (?), 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) |