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 left:ISS004-E-6697 Image courtesy of the Image Science & Analysis Laboratory, NASA Johnson Space Center. http://eol.jsc.nasa.gov Taiaro This atoll reaches about 5 km in diameter. It is one of the few atolls whose original vegetation has been left almost untouched. |
| Flora of Taiaro (incomplete) (green = pictures) Achyranthes velutina, Asplenium nidus, Boerhavia tetrandra, Cassytha filiformis, Chamaesyce fosbergii, Cocos nucifera, Digitaria stenotaphrodes, Guettarda speciosa, Heliotropium anomalum (?), Heliotropium foertherianum, Laportea ruderalis, Lepidium bidentataum, Microsorum grossum, Pandanus tectorius, Pemphis acidula, Psilotum nudum, Scaevola taccada, Suriana maritima, Thespesia populnea, Timonius polygamus |
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