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Taxon:  Cestrum diurnum L.



Summary
Genus:
Cestrum
Family:
Solanaceae
Subfamily:
Browallioideae
Tribe:
Cestreae
Nomen number:
404311
Place of publication:
Sp. pl. 1:191. 1753
Verified:
04/16/1996 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System. 
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
No images
Reference(s)
  1. Adams, C. Flowering plants of Jamaica. 1972
  2. Aldén, B., S. Ryman & M. Hjertson. Våra kulturväxters namn - ursprung och användning. Formas, Stockholm (Handbook on Swedish cultivated and utility plants, their names and origin). 2009 Note:
    • based on Alden, B. & S. Ryman. 2005-: SKUD (Swedish Utility and Cultivated Plants Database)
    • http://www.skud.info
  3. Correll, D. S. & H. B. Correll. Flora of the Bahama archipelago. 1982
  4. Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, India. The wealth of India: a dictionary of Indian raw materials and industrial products. Raw materials (revised edition). New Delhi. 1985-1992
  5. Everest, S. L. Poisonous plants of Australia. 1981 Note: poisonous
  6. Howard, R. Flora of the lesser Antilles. 1974-1989
  7. Huxley, A., ed. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening. 1992
  8. Institute of Pacific Islands Forestry. Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk (PIER): plant threats to Pacific ecosystems (on-line resource). http://www.hear.org/pier/index.html
  9. Kingsbury, J. M. Poisonous plants of the United States and Canada. 1964 Note: poisonous
  10. Lampe, K. F. & M. A. McCann. AMA handbook of poisonous and injurious plants. 1985 Note: poisonous
  11. León (J. S. Sauget) & Alain (E. E. Liogier). Flora de Cuba. 1946-1962; suppl. 1969
  12. Long, R. W. & O. Lakela. A flora of tropical Florida. 1971
  13. Reddy, C. S. et al. Invasive alien flora of India (on-line resource). http://www.gisinetwork.org/IndiaInvasivePlants/documents/assessment_Invasive_India-jan08.pdf
  14. Weber, E. Invasive plant species of the world: a reference guide to environmental weeds. 2003
  15. Wunderlin, R. P. Guide to the vascular plants of central Florida. 1982
Common names
English
day queen –
day-blooming cestrum –
day-jessamine –
Swedish
vit juvelbuske –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeSouthern AmericaCaribbeanCuba  
1NativeSouthern AmericaCaribbeanHispaniola  
1NativeSouthern AmericaCaribbeanJamaica  
2Cultivated    widely cult. in tropics
4NaturalizedAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndia  
4NaturalizedNorthern America United States s.e.
4NaturalizedPacificNorth-Central PacificUnited StatesHawaii 
4NaturalizedPacificNorthwestern PacificGuam  
4NaturalizedPacificNorthwestern PacificNorthern Mariana Islands  
4NaturalizedPacificSouth-Central PacificCook Islands  
4NaturalizedPacificSouth-Central PacificFrench PolynesiaSociety Islands 
4NaturalizedPacificSouthwestern PacificTonga  
4NaturalizedSouthern AmericaCaribbeanPuerto Rico natzd.?
Native
Southern America
  • CARIBBEAN: Hispaniola, Cuba, Jamaica
Cultivated (widely cult. in tropics)
Naturalized
Asia-Tropical
  • INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: India
Northern America
  • REGION: 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.?)
Economic Uses
Environmental
Vertebrate poisons
mammals (to humans fide Kingsbury; Lampe & McCann; Everist) –
Weed
(fide Invasive Pl Spec) –


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