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 left:ISS005-E-16921 Image courtesy of the Image Science & Analysis Laboratory, NASA Johnson Space Center. http://eol.jsc.nasa.gov Matureivavao Matureivavao is the largest atoll in the Actaeon Group. The former plant community had to gave way for the monotonous coconutpalm plantations, only some of the smallest motus still hold their originally vegetation. |
| Flora of Matureivavao (almost complete) (green = pictures) Achyranthes velutina, Boerhavia tetrandra, Cassytha filiformis, Cocos nucifera, Cordia subcordata, Guettarda speciosa, Heliotropium foertherianum, Hibiscus tiliaceus, Kadua romanzoffiensis, Lepidium bidentatum, Lepturus repens, Microsorum grossum, Nesogenes euphrasioides, Pemphis acidula, Portulaca lutea, Psilotum nudum, Scaevola taccada, Suriana maritima, Triumfetta procumbens |
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