Nerium oleander

Characteristics
Dicots
APOCYNACEAE
Nerium
Nerium oleander L.
OLEANDER
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This species contains oleandrin, a toxic cardiac glycoside (Palmisano et al. 2015) also investigated in medical research and for therapeutic potential (e.g. Ko et al. 2018).
Not Native
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Classification
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GENTIANALES
Nerium
Nerium oleander L. - OLEANDER
Citation
NERIUM OLEANDER Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 209. 1753.
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Without data (holotype: LINN 300.1). Lectotypified by Markgraf, in L. B. Smith, Fl. Ilus. Catarin., Apoc. 78. 1968.
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Species Distribution Map
Plant Photos
Nerium oleander - 296
Nerium oleander - USF Herbarium Slide Collection
Nerium oleander - 296
Nerium oleander - USF Herbarium Slide Collection
Nerium oleander - 302
Nerium oleander - Walter Hodge
Nerium oleander - 302
Nerium oleander - Walter Hodge
Nerium oleander - 198
Nerium oleander - Mark Stebbins
Nerium oleander - 204
Nerium oleander - Michael Clayton
Nerium oleander - 31
Nerium oleander - Bob Bierman
Nerium oleander - 308
Nerium oleander - Yoonki Kim
Nerium oleander - 308
Nerium oleander - Yoonki Kim
Nerium oleander - 233
Nerium oleander - Paul L. Redfearn, Jr.