Taxon: Cestrum aurantiacum Lindl.

• the 2 historical accession(s) associated with this name.
• Check PlantSearch database of Botanic Gardens Conservation International for possible non-NPGS germplasm.

Common names:

• orange cestrum   (Source: Weeds SAfr 2001 ) – English
  
• yellow cestrum   (Source: Weeds SAfr ) – English
  
• oranjesestrum   (Source: Weeds SAfr 2001 ) – Afrikaans
  
• coerana   (Source: D. Groth, p.c. 2005) – Portuguese (Brazil)
  
• gul juvelbuske   (Source: Vara kulturvaxt namn ) – Swedish
  

Economic importance:

• Environmental: ornamental   (fide Dict Gard; Hortus 3; L Nepal)
  
• Vertebrate poisons: mammals   (fide Kellerman et al.)
  
• Weed   (fide Weeds SAfr; Weeds SAfr 2001; Atlas WWeed)
  

More:

View toxicology references for Cestrum aurantiacum from FDA Poisonous Plant Database

Distributional range:

• NORTHERN AMERICA
  Northern Mexico: Mexico - San Luis Potosi
  Southern Mexico: Mexico - Chiapas [s.]
• SOUTHERN AMERICA
  Mesoamerica: Costa Rica; Guatemala; Honduras; Nicaragua

• naturalized elsewhere

• also cultivated

References:

• 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).
• Encke, F. et al. 1984. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage.
• Exell, A. W. et al., eds. 1960–. Flora zambesiaca.
• Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. [re. Brazilian common names].
• Hara, H. et al. 1978–1982. An enumeration of the flowering plants of Nepal. [cultivated].
• Henderson, L. 2001. Alien weeds and invasive plants: a complete guide to declared weeds and invaders in South Africa. Plant Protection Research Institute, Handbook 12.
• Henderson, M. et al. 1987. Declared weeds and alien invader plants in South Africa. Botanical Research Institute, bulletin 413.
• Holm, L. et al. 1979. A geographical atlas of world weeds.
• Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening.
• Kellerman, T. S. et al. 1988. Plant poisonings and mycotoxicoses of livestock in Southern Africa.
• Krüssmann, G. 1984. Manual of cultivated broad-leaved trees and shrubs (English translation of Handbuch der Laubgehölze. 1976).
• Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third.
• Standley, P. C. & J. A. Steyermark. 1946–1976. Flora of Guatemala.
• Woodson, R. E. & R. W. Schery, eds. 1943–1980. Flora of Panama. [mentions].

More:

Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Cestrum aurantiacum.

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

Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Cestrum aurantiacum.

Check other web resources for Cestrum aurantiacum Lindl.:

• 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.

Check other web resources for images:

• PlantSystematics.org
• 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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