Taxon: Cestrum nocturnum L.

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

Common names:

• lady-of-the-night   (Source: Dict Gard ) – English
  
• night-jessamine   (Source: Dict Gard ) – English
  
• vit nattjasmin   (Source: Vara kulturvaxt namn ) – Swedish
  

Economic importance:

• Environmental: ornamental   (fide Dict Gard; F Veracruz; F LAnt)
  
• Medicines: folklore   (fide Herbs Commerce ed2)
  
• Vertebrate poisons: mammals   (to humans fide Kingsbury; Lampe & McCann)
  

More:

View toxicology references for Cestrum nocturnum from FDA Poisonous Plant Database

View ethnobotanical data from Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Distributional range:

• NORTHERN AMERICA
  Mexico
• SOUTHERN AMERICA
  Caribbean: Cuba
  Mesoamerica: Belize; Costa Rica; El Salvador; Guatemala; Honduras; Nicaragua; Panama

• 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).
• Gómez-Pompa, A. & V. Sosa, eds. 1978–. Flora de Veracruz.
• Hara, H. et al. 1978–1982. An enumeration of the flowering plants of Nepal. [cult.].
• Howard, R. 1974–1989. Flora of the lesser Antilles.
• Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening.
• Kartesz, J. T. 1994. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland.
• 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
• Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third.
• Liogier, H. A. 1984–. Descriptive flora of Puerto Rico and adjacent islands.
• McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2.
• Reitz, R., ed. 1965–. Flora ilustrada catarinense. [cult.].
• Standley, P. C. & J. A. Steyermark. 1946–1976. Flora of Guatemala.
• Woodson, R. E. & R. W. Schery, eds. 1943–1980. Flora of Panama.

More:

Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Cestrum nocturnum.

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

Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Cestrum nocturnum.

Synonyms:

• (=) Cestrum suberosum Jacq.
  (previously associated with 1 accession)

Check other web resources for Cestrum nocturnum L.:

• TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
• Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
• 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

More:

• 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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