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 left:ISS002-E-6371 Image courtesy of the Image Science & Analysis Laboratory, NASA Johnson Space Center. http://eol.jsc.nasa.gov Napuka The atoll consists of about thirty motus, of which the largest in the north is about 13 km long. The total size of the land surface is only about 8 kmē. There's one endemic bird (sub) species, the Napuka Reed-warbler (Acrocephalus (atyphus) flavissimus). |
| Flora of Napuka (incomplete) (green = pictures) Achyranthes velutina, Boerhavia tetrandra, Cocos nucifera, Fimbristylis dichotoma (?), Guettarda speciosa, Heliotropium foertherianum, Laportea ruderalis, Lepturus repens, Pandanus tectorius, Pemphis acidula, Pisonia grandis, Portulaca lutea, Sacevola taccada, Sesbania coccinea ssp. atollensis var. tuamotensis, Suriana maritima |
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