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{{Taxobox
| color = lightgreen
| name = ''Cestrum''
| image = Cestrum elegans0.jpg
| image_width = 240px
| image_caption = ''Cestrum elegans'' flowers
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Magnoliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Solanales]]
| familia = [[Solanaceae]]
| genus = '''''Cestrum'''''
| genus_authority = [[Carolus Linnaeus|L.]]
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision = See text
}}
'''''Cestrum''''' is a genus of between 150-250 species of [[flowering plant]]s 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 [[shrub]]s 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
[[Image:Cestrum aurantiacum 3.jpg|right|200px|thumb|''[[Cestrum aurantiacum]]'']]
[[Synonymy|Synonyms]] of ''Cestrum'' include ''Fregirardia'', ''Habrothamnus'', ''Meyenia'', ''Parqui'', and ''Wadea''.
===Cultivation and uses===
Several species are grown as [[ornamental plant]]s for their strongly scented flowers.
Some are [[invasive species]], notably ''C. parqui'' in [[Australia]], where it can cause serious losses to [[livestock]], which eat the leaves (particularly of drying broken branches) unaware of their toxicity [http://www.northwestweeds.nsw.gov.au/green_cestrum.htm].
==References==
*[http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/splist.pl?2328 Germplasm Resources Information Network: ''Cestrum'']
*[http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=201&taxon_id=106283 Trees and shrubs of the Andes of Ecuador: ''Cestrum'']
*[http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/FloraData/060/PDF/V05/Volume5-Cestrum.pdf Flora of Chile: ''Cestrum''] (pdf file)
*[http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=CESTR USDA Plants Profile: ''Cestrum'']
*[http://mansfeld.ipk-gatersleben.de/mansfeld/taxonomy/datenvoll.afp?module=mf&source=botnam&taxid=6219&akzanz=0 'Mansfeld's Encyclopedia of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops' (P. Hanelt & IPK (eds.) 2001, Springer).]
*Huxley, A., ed. (1990). ''New RHS Dictionary of Gardening''. Macmillan.
*[http://www.aromaticas.es/cestrum-parqui/56/ Cestrum parqui]
[[Category:Solanaceae]]
{{asterid-stub}}
| color = lightgreen
| name = ''Cestrum''
| image = Cestrum elegans0.jpg
| image_width = 240px
| image_caption = ''Cestrum elegans'' flowers
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Magnoliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Solanales]]
| familia = [[Solanaceae]]
| genus = '''''Cestrum'''''
| genus_authority = [[Carolus Linnaeus|L.]]
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision = See text
}}
'''''Cestrum''''' is a genus of between 150-250 species of [[flowering plant]]s 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 [[shrub]]s 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
[[Image:Cestrum aurantiacum 3.jpg|right|200px|thumb|''[[Cestrum aurantiacum]]'']]
[[Synonymy|Synonyms]] of ''Cestrum'' include ''Fregirardia'', ''Habrothamnus'', ''Meyenia'', ''Parqui'', and ''Wadea''.
===Cultivation and uses===
Several species are grown as [[ornamental plant]]s for their strongly scented flowers.
Some are [[invasive species]], notably ''C. parqui'' in [[Australia]], where it can cause serious losses to [[livestock]], which eat the leaves (particularly of drying broken branches) unaware of their toxicity [http://www.northwestweeds.nsw.gov.au/green_cestrum.htm].
==References==
*[http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/splist.pl?2328 Germplasm Resources Information Network: ''Cestrum'']
*[http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=201&taxon_id=106283 Trees and shrubs of the Andes of Ecuador: ''Cestrum'']
*[http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/FloraData/060/PDF/V05/Volume5-Cestrum.pdf Flora of Chile: ''Cestrum''] (pdf file)
*[http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=CESTR USDA Plants Profile: ''Cestrum'']
*[http://mansfeld.ipk-gatersleben.de/mansfeld/taxonomy/datenvoll.afp?module=mf&source=botnam&taxid=6219&akzanz=0 'Mansfeld's Encyclopedia of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops' (P. Hanelt & IPK (eds.) 2001, Springer).]
*Huxley, A., ed. (1990). ''New RHS Dictionary of Gardening''. Macmillan.
*[http://www.aromaticas.es/cestrum-parqui/56/ Cestrum parqui]
[[Category:Solanaceae]]
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