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Cestrum

not marked as a favorite taxon *Cestrum nocturnum Linnaeus. Common name: Night-flowering Jessamine. Habitat: Cultivated, weakly established in our area. Distribution: Native of West Indies.

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Origin/Endemic status: Neotropics

Other Comments: See Small (1933).

Synonymy ⓘ: = FNA14, K4, Tx, WH3, Hunziker (2001); >< Cestrum parqui L'Hér. — S, misapplied. Basionym: Cestrum nocturnum L. 1753

Links to other floras: = Cestrum nocturnum - FNA14

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Wetland Indicator Status:

  • Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: UPL
  • Great Plains: UPL

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