Niutao


 
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Niutao

The Niutoa atoll is a closed, former ring atoll with a land area of 2,53 km
sq.

In the western part of the island is, as a last remain of the former lagoon, a smaller brackish pool, surrounded with mangrove stands, with three tiny islets.

 
Flora of Niutao
(incomplete)
(green = pictures)

Cassytha filiformis, Cocos nucifera, Cordia subcordata,

Heliotropium foertherianum, Hernandia nymphaeifolia,

Lepturus repens, Lumnitzera littorea,

Microsorum grossum,

Pandanus tectorius, Pemphis acidula, Pisonia grandis,

Rhizophora stylosa,

Scaevola taccada,

Ximenia americana

 
Referenzen:

- K. A. Rogers: 'Occurence of phosphate rock and associated soils in Tuvalu, Central Pacific'