BISH 422052Botany

Nerium oleander

oleander

As recorded: Nerium oleander L.

Plantae › Tracheophyta › Magnoliopsida › Gentianales › Apocynaceae

Collected by: St.John, H.; Cowan, R.S.R.S. Cowan →Harold St.John →
Collector number: 21887
Date: September 1, 1946
Locality: Utirik Is.
Island: Utirik Atoll
Region: Marshall Islands
Record type: Preserved specimen

96 Bishop specimens of Nerium oleander · collected 1921–2008Species page ›

Collected the same day

On September 1, 1946, St.John, H.; Cowan, R.S. also collected 24+ other specimens.

Nerium oleander observed alive

This specimen was collected in 1946. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 14,330 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2026-10-28.

2026-10-28

29570 Alhaurín el Grande, Málaga, España

(c) Jiayi Lin, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-10-28

Avenida de Fernando de los Ríos, Granada, Granada, ES

(c) marielecarcajou, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-10-28

Kentucky Rd, Riverwood, NSW, AU

(c) Mitchell Gow, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-10-28

North West, ZA

(c) cedmunds, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-10-27

Provincia del Sulcis Iglesiente, Italia

(c) grottasangiovanni, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-10-27

11370 Los Barrios, Cádiz, Spain

(c) Bruno Miguel Ares Martínez, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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Cite this specimen

Nerium oleander. BISH 422052. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 5956668739. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/bish/422052.

Record sources

GBIF occurrence 5956668739 ↗
Data license: CC_BY_NC_4_0
Last harvested October 26, 2026