Reef Islands of Rarotonga : list of vascular flora / D.R. Stoddart and F.R. Fosberg

Abstract

A marine biology party from the Cook Bicentenary Expedition to the Southwest Pacific worked on Rarotonga from 21 to 27 August 1969. The party consisted of Dr. H.G. Vevers (Zoological Society of London), Dr. P.E. Gibbs (The Marine Laboratory, Plymouth), and the author. After a reconnaissance of the coast of Rarotonga, work was concentrated at Ngatangiia Harbour on the east side of the island, though some collections were also made at other localities. Subsequently the Ngatangiia area was also visited by Prof. W.R. Philipson (Department of Botany, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand), duriug floristic studies carried out on the same expedition, and some of his results are used here.