Oleandra

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Oleandra
Oleandra wallichii, illustration

Oleandra wallichii , illustration

Systematics
Department : Vascular plants (tracheophyta)
Ferns
Class : True ferns (Polypodiopsida)
Order : Spotted ferns (Polypodiales)
Family : Oleandraceae
Genre : Oleandra
Scientific name of the  family
Oleandraceae
( J.Sm. ) Ching ex Pic.Serm.
Scientific name of the  genus
Oleandra
Cav.

Oleandra is the only genus of the Oleandraceae plant family within the real ferns (Polypodiopsida). The 15 to 20 species thrive in tropical and subtropical regions almost worldwide.

Oleandra hirtella , illustration

description

Oleandra species are perennial herbaceous plants . They thrive terrestrially , epilithically or hemi- epiphytically . The Balttwedel are simple.

The Sori have rounded kidney-shaped indusia . The spores are kidney-shaped. The basic chromosome number is x = 41.

Systematics and distribution

The genus Oleandra was established in 1799 by Antonio José Cavanilles . A synonym for Oleandra Cav. is Neuronia D.Don. The family Oleandraceae ( J.Sm. ) Ching ex Pic.Serm. was set up by Ren Chang Ching (1898–1986) in Rodolfo Emilio Giuseppe Pichi-Sermolli .

The genera Arthropteris and Psammiosorus, which often belong to the Oleandraceae family, are described by Smith et al. 2006 added to the family of Tectariaceae . The Oleandraceae family is monogeneric:

The genus Oleandra is pantropical. The species occur mainly from tropical Asia to Pacific islands. Few species occur in Africa and South America. There are five types in China.

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literature

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d e f g h i j Zhang Xianchun, Peter H. Hovenkamp: Oleandraceae , p. 747 - online with the same text as the printed work , In: Wu Zheng-yi, Peter H. Raven, Deyuan Hong (eds.): Flora of China. Volume 2-3: Lycopodiaceae through Polypodiaceae. Science Press and Missouri Botanical Garden Press, Beijing and St. Louis, 2013, ISBN 978-1-935641-11-7 .