Cestrum

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Cestrum

Cestrum is a genus

Genus

A genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the classification of living and fossil organisms. The taxonomic ranks are domain , kingdom , phylum, class , order , family , genus, and species....
of - depending on authority - 150-250 species

Species

In biology, a species is one of the basic units of biological classification and a taxonomic rank. A species is often defined as a group of organisms capable of interbreeding and producing fertile offspring....
of flowering plant

Flowering plant

The flowering plants or angiosperms are the most widespread group of Embryophytes. The flowering plants and the gymnosperms are the only extant groups of Spermatophyte....
s in the family

Family (biology)

In biological classification, family is a taxonomic rank. Exact details of formal nomenclature depend on the Nomenclature Codes which applies....
Solanaceae

Solanaceae

The Solanaceae is a family of flowering plants, that contains a number of important agricultural plants as well as many toxic plants. The name of the family comes from the Latin Solanum "the nightshade plant", but the further etymology of that word is unclear....
. They are native to warm temperate

Temperate

In geography, temperate or tepid latitudes of the globe lie between the tropics and the polar circles. The changes in these regions between summer and winter are generally mild, rather than extreme hot or cold....
to tropical regions of the Americas

Americas

The Americas are the region of the Western hemisphere that consists of the continents of North America and South America with their associated islands and regions....
, from the southernmost United States

United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
(Florida

Florida

Florida is a U.S. state located in the Southeastern United States of the United States, bordering Alabama to the northwest and Georgia to the northeast....
, Texas

Texas

Texas is a U.S. state located in the South Central United States, nicknamed the Lone Star State. Texas is the second largest U.S. state in both area and population, spanning , and with a growing population of 24.3 million residents....
: Day-blooming Cestrum, C. diurnum) south to the Bío-Bío Region

Bío-Bío Region

The VIII Biob?o Region is one of Chile's 15 first order administrative divisions. Its capital is Concepci?n, Chile which is the main city of Greater Concepcion conurbation, the second largest urban agglomeration in Chile....
in central Chile

Chile

Chile, officially the Republic of Chile , is a country in South America occupying a long and narrow coastal strip wedged between the Andes mountains and the Pacific Ocean....
(Green Cestrum, C. parqui). They are colloquially known as cestrums or jessamines (from "jasmine

Jasmine

Jasmine is a genus of shrubs and vines in the olive family ,with about 200 species, native to tropical and warm temperate regions of the Old World....
", due to their fragant flowers).

They are shrub

Shrub

A shrub or bush is a horticulture rather than strictly Botany category of woody plant, distinguished from a tree by its multiple stems and lower height, usually less than 5-6 m tall....
s growing to 1-4 m tall.

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Uses and ecology

Several species are grown as ornamental plant

Ornamental plant

Ornamental plants are typically grown in the flower garden or as house plants. Most commonly they are grown for the display of their flowers. Other common ornamental features include leaves, scent, fruit, Plant stem and bark....
s for their strongly scented flowers.

Some are invasive species

Invasive species

Invasive species is a phrase with several definitions. The first definition expresses the phrase in terms of non-indigenous species that adversely affect the habitats they invade economically, environmentally or ecologically....
. Especially notorious is Green Cestrum (C. parqui) in Australia

Australia

Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the southern hemisphere comprising the Australia of the world's smallest continent, the major island of Tasmania, and numerous list of islands of Australia in the Indian Ocean and Pacific Oceans....
, where it can cause serious losses to livestock

Livestock

Livestock is the term used to refer to a domesticated animal intentionally reared in an agricultural setting to produce things such as food or fibre, or for its labour....
which eat the leaves (particularly of drying broken branches) unaware of their toxicity.

C. laevigatum is employed by wajacas (shamans) of the Craós (Krahós, Krahô) tribe in Brazil. It is used "to see far", i.e. to aid in divination

Divination

Divination is the attempt to gain insight into a question or situation by way of a standardized process or ritual. Diviners ascertain their interpretations of how a querent should proceed by reading signs, events, or omens, or through alleged contact with a supernatural agency....
. Like the other hallucinogenic plants consumed by them, Craós wajacas consider it a potent entheogen

Entheogen

An entheogen , in the strictest sense, is a psychoactive substance used in a religion or shamanism context. Historically, entheogens are derived primarily from plant sources and have been used in a variety of traditional religious contexts....
, not to be taken by the uninitiated.

Cestrum species are used as food by the caterpillar

Caterpillar

Caterpillars are the larval form of a member of the order Lepidoptera . They are mostly phytophagous in food habit, with some species being entomophagous....
s of several Lepidoptera

Lepidoptera

Lepidoptera is an order of insect that includes moths and butterfly. It is one of the most speciose orders in the class Insecta, encompassing moths and the three superfamilies of butterfly, skipper , and Hedylidae....
. These include the Glasswing (Greta oto), and Manduca afflicta
Manduca afflicta

Manduca afflcita is a species of moth in the family Sphingidae. There are two subspecies, Manduca afflicta afflicta, which flies in Cuba, and Manduca afflicta bahamensis , which flies in the Bahamas....
which possibly feeds only on Day-blooming Cestrum (C. diurnum). It is either known or suspected that such Lepidoptera are able to sequester the toxins from the plant, making them noxious to many predators.

Selected species

Cestrum ambatense Francey
Cestrum aurantiacum
Cestrum aurantiacum

Cestrum aurantiacum References...
– Orange Cestrum, Orange-flowering Jessamine, Yellow Cestrum, "orange jessamine"
Cestrum auriculatum L'Hér.
Cestrum bracteatum Link & Otto
Cestrum chimborazinum
Cestrum chimborazinum

Cestrum chimborazinum is a species of plant in the Solanaceae family. It is Endemism to Ecuador....
Cestrum corymbosum Schltdl.
Cestrum daphnoides Griseb.
Cestrum diurnum L. – Day-blooming Cestrum, Day-blooming Jessamine
Cestrum ecuadorense Francey
Cestrum elegans (Brongn. ex Neumann) Schltdl.
Cestrum endlicheri Miers.
Cestrum fasciculatum
Cestrum fasciculatum

Cestrum fasciculatum is a species of flowering plant in the Solanaceae known by the common names early jessamine and red cestrum....
– Early Jessamine, "red cestrum"
Cestrum humboldtii Francey
Cestrum laevigatum Schltdl. – dama-de-noite (Brazil
Brazil

Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is a country in South America. It is the List of countries and outlying territories by total area country by geographical area, occupying nearly half of South America, the List of countries by population country, and the fourth most populous democracy in the world....
)
Cestrum lanceolatum Miers
Miers

Miers may refer to:People* Anthony Miers , WWII Royal Navy officer* Earl Schenck Miers , American historian* Harriet Miers , American lawyer...

Cestrum lanceolatum var. lanceolatum

Cestrum lanuginosum Ruiz & Pavón
Cestrum latifolium Lam.
Cestrum laurifolium L'Hér.
Cestrum meridanum Pittier
Cestrum mutisii Roem. & Schult.
Cestrum nocturnum
Cestrum nocturnum

Cestrum nocturnum is a species of Cestrum, native to Mexico, Central America, India and Cuba. Common names include Night-blooming Cestrum, Lady of the Night, Queen of the Night, Night-blooming jessamine, and Night-blooming Jasmine....
– Night-blooming Cestrum, Night-blooming Jessamine, "Lady of the Night
Nightblooming cereus

Night-blooming cereus, also called Queen of the night or Reina de la noche, are names of several genera and species of nightblooming cactus, including:...
", Raat ki Rani (South Asia
South Asia

South Asia, also known as Southern Asia, is the southern region of the Asian continent, which comprises the sub-Himalayan countries and, for some authorities , also includes the adjoining countries on the west and the east....
)
Cestrum pacificum
Cestrum parqui
Cestrum parqui

[Image:Cestrum parqui 2.jpg|thumb|Green cestrum Cestrum parqui, commonly known as green cestrum, green poison berry, or Chilean cestrum and is sometimes incorrectly referred to as deadly nightshade in some areas, is a species in the family Solanaceae that is native to central and South America....
– Green Cestrum, Chilean Cestrum, Green Poisonberry
Cestrum peruvianum Roemer & Schultes
Cestrum petiolare Humboldt, Bonpland & Kunth
Cestrum psittacinum Stapf
Cestrum quitense Francey
Cestrum roseum Humboldt, Bonpland & Kunth
Cestrum salicifolium Jacq.
Cestrum santanderianum Francey
Cestrum sendtnerianum Mart.
Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius

Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius was a Germany botanist and explorer.Martius was born at Erlangen, where he graduated M.D. in 1814, publishing as his thesis a critical catalogue of plants in the botanic garden of the university....
ex Sendt.
Cestrum sessiliflorum Schott
Schott

Schott may refer to...
ex Sendtn.
Cestrum stipulatum Vell.
Cestrum strigilatum Ruiz & Pav.
Cestrum stuebelii Hieron.
Cestrum tomentosum L.f.
Cestrum validum Francey
Cestrum viridifolium Francey

Cestrum

Uses and ecology

Selected species

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