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 left:ISS007-E-14625 Image courtesy of the Image Science & Analysis Laboratory, NASA Johnson Space Center. http://eol.jsc.nasa.gov Tahanea This atoll is one of the 'last paradises', it is a breeding place for several bird species. |
| Flora of Tahanea (incomplete) (green = pictures) Cassytha filiformis, Chamaesyce fosbergii, Cocos nucifera, Guettarda speciosa, Heliotropium foertherianum, Kadua romanzoffiensis, Laportea ruderalis, Nesogenes euphrasioides, Pandanus tectorius, Pemphis acidula, Pipturus argenteus var. tuamotensis, Portulaca lutea, Psilotum nudum, Scaevola taccada, Sesbania coccinea ssp. atollensis, Thespesia populnea |
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