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 left:ISS002-E-6931 Image courtesy of the Image Science & Analysis Laboratory, NASA Johnson Space Center. http://eol.jsc.nasa.gov Nui The ca. nine islets of this atoll together form a land area of only about 2,83 km sq. Nevertheless there are more native plant species here than in a comparable atoll of the Tuamotu archipelago. |
| Flora of Nui (almost complete) (green = pictures) Achyranthes velutina, Asplenium nidus, Barringtonia asiatica, Boerhavia tetrandra, Calophyllum inophyllum, Canavalia cathartica, Cassytha filiformis, Chamaesyce chamissonis, Clerodendrum inerme, Cocos nucifera, Cordia subcordata, Digitaria pacifica, Ficus prolixa, Ficus tinctoria, Fimbristylis cymosa, Guettarda speciosa, Heliotropium foertherianum, Hernandia nymphaeifolia, Ipomoea macrantha, Kadua romanzoffiensis, Laportea interrupta, Lepturus repens, Ludwigia octovalvis (?), Lumnitzera littoralis, Microsorum grossum, Neisosperma oppositifolia, Nephrolepis acutifolia, Nephrolepis saligna, Pandanus tectorius, Paspalum distichum, Pemphis acidula, Pipturus argenteus var. lanosus, Pisonia grandis, Portulaca lutea, Premna serratifolia, Psilotum nudum, Pteris tripartita, Rhizophora stylosa, Scaevola taccada, Sida fallax (?), Stenotaphrum micranthum, Suriana maritima, Terminalia samoensis, Thuarea involuta, Triumfetta procumbens, Vigna marina, Wollastonia biflora, Ximenia americana |
| References: - K. A. Rogers: 'Occurence of phosphate rock and associated soils in Tuvalu, Central Pacific' - C. D. Woodroffe: 'Vegetation and Flora of Nui Atoll, Tuvalu' |