*Cestrum nocturnum Linnaeus. Common name: Night-flowering Jessamine. Habitat: Cultivated, weakly established in our area. Distribution: Native of West Indies.
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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