Nerium Linnaeus 1753 (oleander)

Angiospermae - Gentianales - Apocynaceae

Full reference: C. Linnaeus. 1753. Species Plantarum (exhibentes Plantas Rite Cognitas ad Genera Relatas cum Diferentiis Specificis, Nominibus Trivialibus, Synonymis Selectis, Locis Natalibus secundum Systema Sexuale digestas). 1-1200

Parent taxon: Apocynaceae according to H. D. MacGinitie 1941

Sister taxa: Alstonia, Alyxia, Apocynaceoxylon, Apocynocarpum, Apocynophyllum, Apocynospermum, Aspidospermoxylon, Carissa, Chonemorpha, Cricotriporites, Cypselites, Echitonium, Fezzania, Hemidesmus, Kibatalia, Landolphia, Leakeyia, Lyonsiaephyllum, Neritinium, Ochrosella, Ochrosoidea, Plumieroideae, Pseudolithos, Rauvolfia, Stapelianthus, Tabernaemontana, Tabernaemontanophyllum, Thevetia, Topea, Wrightia, Acerates, Asclepiophyllum, Asclepiadites, Polioexolobus, Periploca

Subtaxa: Nerium antidysentericum Nerium divaricatum Nerium hinoidea Nerium oleander

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Type: Nerium oleander

Ecology: "photoautotroph"

Distribution: found only at UCMP loc. P3325, Chalk Bluffs (Eocene of California)

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