Nerium oleander L., 1758

Jarvis, Charlie, 2007, Chapter 7: Linnaean Plant Names and their Types (part N), Order out of Chaos. Linnaean Plant Types and their Types, London: Linnaean Society of London in association with the Natural History Museum, pp. 690-695 : 693

Nerium oleander Linnaeus , Species Plantarum 1: 209. 1753.

“Habitat in Creta, Palaestina, Syria, India.” RCN: 1715.

Lectotype (Stearn in Davis, Fl. Turkey 6: 159. 1978): Herb. Clifford: 76, Nerium 1 β (BM-000558145).

Generitype of Nerium Linnaeus (vide Steudel, Nom. 1: 553. 1821).

Current name: Nerium oleander L. ( Apocynaceae ).

Note: Pagen (in Agric. Univ. Wageningen Pap. 87–2: 7. 1987) illustrates the lectotype, as well as (pp. 44–48) illustrations from Dodoëns, Hermann, Rheede and Weinmann.