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Solanaceae

Subfamily Browallioideae
Tribe Browallieae

Subfamily Browallioideae
Tribe Cestreae

Subfamily Nicotianoideae

Subfamily Petunioideae

Subfamily Schizanthoideae

Subfamily Solanoideae

Subfamily Solanoideae
Tribe Capsiceae

Subfamily Solanoideae
Tribe Datureae

Subfamily Solanoideae
Tribe Juanulloeae

Subfamily Solanoideae
Tribe Lycieae

Subfamily Solanoideae
Tribe Physaleae

Subfamily Solanoideae
Tribe Solaneae

W/C = Wild Collected
Cestrum nocturnum L.

  • Common Name: Night Jessamine, Lady of the Night
  • Family: Solanaceae Juss.

  • Country of Origin: West Indies
  • Habitat:

  • Description: This tropical evergreen shrub produces tubular, greenish-yellow flowers, that are delicately perfumed at night, in a succession from July to October. It does best with its slender shoots trained up a suitable pillar or rafter.
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Accession Data:

  • Accession # 198500487
  • Source: Unknown
  • Accession Date: 12-31-1985
  • Bench: 1301 - NEO:Caribbean A
  • Qty: 1 confirmed on 02-18-2013
Classification:

  • Division: Magnoliophyta
  • Class: Magnoliopsida
  • SubClass: euasterid I
  • Order: Solanales
  • SubOrder:
  • Family: Solanaceae
  • SubFamily: Browallioideae
  • Tribe: Cestreae
  • SubTribe:
References:

  1. Hortus Third, LH Bailey Hortorium, 1976
  2. 1995 Chiltern Seed Catalog

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