Cestrum
Noun 1. genus of fragrant tropical American shrubs (synonym) genus Cestrum (hypernym) asterid dicot genus (member-holonym) Solanaceae, family Solanaceae, potato family (member-meronym) day jessamine, Cestrum diurnum | ||||
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Cestrum
Cestrum is a genus of between 150-250 species of flowering plants in the family Solanaceae, native to warm temperate to tropical regions of the Americas, from the southernmost United States (Florida, Texas; C. diurnum) south to central Chile (Bío-Bío Region; C. parqui).
They are shrubs growing to 1-4 m tall, mostly evergreen, a few deciduous. All parts of the plants are toxic, causing severe gastroenteritis if eaten.
- Selected species
- Cestrum ambatense Francey
- Cestrum aurantiacum Lindl.
- Cestrum auriculatum L'Hér.
- Cestrum bracteatum Link & Otto
- Cestrum chimborazinum Francey
- Cestrum corymbosum Schltdl.
- Cestrum daphnoides Griseb.
- Cestrum diurnum L. – Day Blooming Jessamine.
- Cestrum ecuadorense Francey
- Cestrum elegans (Brongn. ex Neumann) Schltdl.
- Cestrum endlicheri Miers.
- Cestrum fasciculatum (Schltdl.) Miers
- Cestrum humboldtii Francey
- Cestrum laevigatum Schltdl.
- Cestrum lanuginosum Ruiz & Pavón
- Cestrum latifolium Lam.
- Cestrum laurifolium L'Hér.
- Cestrum meridanum Pittier
- Cestrum mutisii Roem. & Schult.
- Cestrum nocturnum L. – Lady of the Night
- Cestrum parqui L'Hér. – Green Cestrum
- Cestrum peruvianum Roemer & Schultes
- Cestrum petiolare Humboldt, Bonpland & Kunth
- Cestrum psittacinum Stapf
- Cestrum quitense Francey
- Cestrum roseum Humboldt, Bonpland & Kunth
- Cestrum salicifolium Jacq.
- Cestrum santanderianum Francey
- Cestrum strigilatum Ruiz & Pav.
- Cestrum stuebelii Hieron.
- Cestrum tomentosum L.f.
- Cestrum validum Francey
- Cestrum viridifolium Francey
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