Cestrum aurantiacum Lindl. (Introduced) (Mexico to Venezuela: Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua, Panamá, Venezuela; Introduced into: Bangladesh, Cape Provinces, China Southeast, East Himalaya, Hawaii, Jawa, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Mauritius, Mozambique, New South Wales, New Zealand North, Northern Provinces, Queensland, Réunion, Swaziland, Tanzania, West Himalaya, Zambia, Zimbabwe as POWO)
Cestrum × cultum Francey (C. elegans × C. parqui as per POWO)
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Cestrum diurnum L. (Introduced) (S. Florida to Caribbean, Mexico: Cuba, Dominican Republic, Florida, Haiti, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Puerto Rico, Southwest Caribbean, Trinidad-Tobago, Windward Is.; Introduced: Assam, Bangladesh, Caroline Is., Cook Is., Fiji, Hawaii, India, Kenya, Marianas, Nepal, Samoa, Society Is., Tonga, Venezuela, Wallis-Futuna Is. as per POWO)
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Cestrum elegans (Brongn. ex Neumann) Schltdl. (Introduced) (Mexico; Introduced into: Burundi, China South-Central, East Himalaya, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Jawa, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Malawi, New Caledonia, New Guinea, New Zealand North, New Zealand South, Northern Provinces, Queensland, Rwanda, Réunion, Sri Lanka, Tanzania, Victoria, Vietnam, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe as per POWO)
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Cestrum fasciculatum (Schltdl.) Miers (Introduced- (USA/UK)) (Mexico; Introduced: California, East Himalaya, New Zealand North, New Zealand South, St.Helena as per POWO)
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Cestrum nocturnum L. (Introduced) (Mexico to Venezuela: Belize, Colombia, Costa Rica, El Salvador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua, Panamá, Venezuela; Introduced into: Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, Borneo, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Caroline Is., China South-Central, China Southeast, Comoros, Cook Is., Cuba, Dominican Republic, East Himalaya, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Fiji, Gulf of Guinea Is., Haiti, Hawaii, India, Jamaica, Jawa, Kenya, Laos, Leeward Is., Malawi, Marianas, Marshall Is., Mauritius, Myanmar, New Caledonia, New South Wales, New Zealand North, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Réunion, Society Is., Sri Lanka, Tanzania, Thailand, Trinidad-Tobago, Tubuai Is., Uganda, Vietnam, Wallis-Futuna Is., West Himalaya, Windward Is., Zaïre, Zimbabwe as per POWO)
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BSI Flora of India Checklist Vol. 2 (1993) (Distribution):
| Name | Distribution |
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| Cestrum aurantiacum | Cultivated species |
| Cestrum diurnum | Cultivated species |
| Cestrum elegans | Cultivated species |
| Cestrum fasciculatum | Assam, Himachal Pradesh, Kerala, Maharashtra, Meghalaya, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal (Mexico; Introduced: California, East Himalaya, New Zealand North, New Zealand South, St.Helena as per POWO) |
| Cestrum nocturnum | Cultivated species |
| Cestrum parqui | Cultivated species |
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Flora of Peninsular India:
Cestrum aurantiacum
Cestrum corymbosum (Cultivated. High altitude. The Nilgiri district, Tamilnadu)
Cestrum diurnum
Cestrum elegans
Cestrum fasciculatum
Cestrum nocturnum
Cestrum parqui
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Species with description & keys from Flora of Pakistan (Distribution):
Cestrum aurantiacum Lindl. (Native to Guatemela. Cultivated elsewhere)
Cestrum diurnum L. (A native of W. Indies, cultivated elsewhere)
Cestrum nocturnum L. (Not given)
Cestrum parqui L’ Herit (Parker (l.c. 372) records its cultivation in Abbottabad. Occasionally found as an escape)
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Species with distribution in annotated checklist of Flowering plants of Nepal (Distribution):
Cestrum aurantiacum Lindl. (1500-2300 m; C. America, cultivated for ornament elsewhere)
Cestrum elegans (Brongn. ex Neumann) Schlecht (1500-2300 m; Mexico, cultivated for ornament elsewhere)
Cestrum nocturnum L. (900-1500 m; West Indies and C. America, cultivated for ornament elsewhere)
Cestrum parqui L’Her. (1200-1500 m; S. America, widely cultivated for ornament elsewhere)
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Species with description & keys in Flora of China (Distribution):
Cestrum aurantiacum Lindley (Guangdong [native to Central America])
Cestrum elegans (Brongniart) Schlechtendal (Yunnan [native to Mexico]. Cultivated for ornament)
Cestrum nocturnum Linnaeus (Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Yunnan [native to America, widely cultivated for ornament in tropical regions])
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Cestrum page with comparative images:
Pl. go through Cestrum (Solanaceae) page with comparative images of species in efloraofindia. On clicking the link of species, one can check the complete details. Genus pages generally give details of most of the species found in India.
I request you to pl. go through & point out mistakes, if any. I hope this will aid in identification in future. If anybody can send images of other species of this genus (for incorporation in the website), if any, or can identify unidentified images, it will be really nice. Pl. circulate it widely, for the benefit of all concerned.
