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The islands have become highly noted for their flora and fauna, attracting ecotourists. One endemic, the Chatham Islands forget-me-not (Myosotidium hortensia), has become a botanical symbol of the islands due to its widespread cultivation in and outside New Zealand. [3] [2] The Chatham archipelago comprises 40 islands and rocks.
Hematite (/ ˈ h iː m ə ˌ t aɪ t, ˈ h ɛ m ə-/), also spelled as haematite, is a common iron oxide compound with the formula, Fe 2 O 3 and is widely found in rocks and soils. [6] Hematite crystals belong to the rhombohedral lattice system which is designated the alpha polymorph of Fe 2 O 3. It has the same crystal structure as corundum ...
The East Aegean Islands is a biogeographic region that includes several islands and island groups in the eastern Aegean Sea, including Rhodes, Lesbos, Samos, Chios, Kos, Icaria, Symi, and many smaller islands. They are home to several dozen endemic species and subspecies of plants, including the endemic genus Kenopleurum. [1]
The endemic plants of Saint Helena include many notable Cabbage Tree or, "insular arborescent Asteraceae", members of the daisy family which have evolved a shrubby or tree-like habit on islands. Other notable endemics include the closely related St Helena redwood ( Trochetiopsis erythroxylon ) and St Helena dwarf ebony ( Trochetiopsis ebenus ).
There are no plant species endemic to the islands; however, one variety of Pandanus tectorius, P. tectorius var. cocosensis, [1] is only found growing on these islands. The native vegetation of the two atolls primarily consists of sea-dispersed shoreline plants of the Indo-Pacific region.
The flora of the Chatham Islands consists of around 388 terrestrial plant species, of which 47 are endemic. [1] The Chatham Islands make up the Chatham floristic province of the Neozeylandic Region of the Antarctic Kingdom. The flora of the Chatham Islands include: Phormium chathams (Chatham Island flax)
1.1 Trees. 1.2 Shrubs. 1.3 Herbs. 2 Fauna. ... Species recorded on Caroline Island, one of the Line Islands in the south-central Pacific Ocean: Flora
This is a list of gemstones, organized by species and types. Minerals ... Hematite; Hemimorphite; Herderite; Hexagonite; Hibonite; ... 1.2 C–F. 1.3 G–L. 1.4 M–Q.