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Nerium oleander (Oleander)

Life > eukaryotes > Archaeoplastida > Chloroplastida > Charophyta > Streptophytina > Plantae (land plants) > Tracheophyta (vascular plants) > Euphyllophyta > Lignophyta (woody plants) > Spermatophyta (seed plants) > Angiospermae (flowering plants) > Eudicotyledons > Core Eudicots > Asterids > Euasterid I > Order: Gentianales > Family: Apocynaceae > Subfamily: Apocynoideae

 

Nerium oleander in Cape Town garden. [photo H. Robertson, Iziko ©]

 
Nerium oleander 'Alba' Nerium oleander 'Alba'

Nerium oleander 'Alba' in Cape Town garden [photo H. Robertson ©]

  

A declared Category 1 invasive plant in South Africa except for the double-flowered cultivars.