Characteristics
Dicots
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
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.
Species Distribution Map
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Specimens and Distribution
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