Taxon: Cestrum diurnum L.

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Common names:

• day queen   (Source: Wealth Ind RM 2:449.) – English
  
• day-blooming cestrum   (Source: Wealth Ind RM 2:449.) – English
  
• day-jessamine   (Source: Dict Gard ) – English
  
• vit juvelbuske   (Source: Vara kulturvaxt namn ) – Swedish
  

Economic importance:

• Environmental: ornamental   (fide Dict Gard; F LAnt; Invasive Pl Spec)
  
• Vertebrate poisons: mammals   (to humans fide Kingsbury; Lampe & McCann; Everist)
  
• Weed   (fide Invasive Pl Spec)
  

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View toxicology references for Cestrum diurnum from FDA Poisonous Plant Database

Distributional range:

• SOUTHERN AMERICA
  Caribbean: Cuba; Hispaniola; Jamaica

• ASIA-TROPICAL
  Indian Subcontinent: India
• NORTHERN AMERICA
  United States [s.e.]
• PACIFIC
  North-Central Pacific: United States - Hawaii
  Northwestern Pacific: Guam; Northern Mariana Islands
  South-Central Pacific: Cook Islands; French Polynesia - Society Islands
  Southwestern Pacific: Tonga
• SOUTHERN AMERICA
  Caribbean: Puerto Rico [natzd.?]

• widely cultivated in tropics

References:

• Adams, C. 1972. Flowering plants of Jamaica.
• Aldén, B., S. Ryman & M. Hjertson. 2009. Våra kulturväxters namn - ursprung och användning. Formas, Stockholm (Handbook on Swedish cultivated and utility plants, their names and origin).
• Correll, D. S. & H. B. Correll. 1982. Flora of the Bahama archipelago.
• Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, India. 1985–1992. The wealth of India: a dictionary of Indian raw materials and industrial products. Raw materials (revised edition). New Delhi.
• Everest, S. L. 1981. Poisonous plants of Australia. [poisonous].
• Howard, R. 1974–1989. Flora of the lesser Antilles.
• Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening.
• Institute of Pacific Islands Forestry. Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk (PIER): plant threats to Pacific ecosystems (on-line resource).
• Kingsbury, J. M. 1964. Poisonous plants of the United States and Canada. [poisonous].
• Lampe, K. F. & M. A. McCann. 1985. AMA handbook of poisonous and injurious plants. [poisonous].
• León (J. S. Sauget) & Alain (E. E. Liogier). 1946–1962. Flora de Cuba.; suppl. 1969
• Long, R. W. & O. Lakela. 1971. A flora of tropical Florida.
• Reddy, C. S. et al. Invasive alien flora of India (on-line resource).
• Weber, E. 2003. Invasive plant species of the world: a reference guide to environmental weeds.
• Wunderlin, R. P. 1982. Guide to the vascular plants of central Florida.

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Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Cestrum diurnum.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Cestrum diurnum.

Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Cestrum diurnum.

Check other web resources for Cestrum diurnum L.:

• PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
• BONAP: North American Plant Atlas of the Biota of North America Program
• TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
• ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
• Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.

Images:

• Seed: U.S. National Seed Herbarium image

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• Check PlantSystematics.org for additional images
• Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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