Nerium oleander L.

Wijnands, Dirk Onno, Heniger, Johannes, Veldkamp, Jan Frederik, Fumeaux, Nicolas & Callmander, Martin W., 2017, The botanical legacy of Martinus Houttuyn (1720 - 1798) in Geneva, Candollea 72 (1), pp. 155-198 : 181

66. Nerium oleander L. ,

Sp. Pl.: 209. 1753 [cited in Nat. Hist. II(4): 389. 1775].

Notes. – A specimen in the Java herbarium is in L (L-898.111-57). It represents material of Plumeria rubra L. (see Nat. Hist. II(2): 178. 1774) ( Fig. 2 ). Two leaves and an inflorescence are mounted with a mid-18th century pot, so far only known from this sheet (G. Thijsse, pers. comm. to the first author). Another specimen without provenance is present in the Thunberg herbarium (UPS-THUNB n° 6128).

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Fig. 2. – Poinciana pulcherrima L. Example of a decorative pot in Houttuyn’s Java herbarium in L. [© Nationaal Herbarium Nederland,Naturalis, L]