View source for Cestrum nocturnum

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|accepted_name=Cestrum nocturnum
|accepted_authority=Linnaeus
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Sp. Pl.
|place=1: 191. 1753
|year=1753
}}
|common_names=Night-blooming jessamine
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=I
|label=Introduced
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|hierarchy=Solanaceae;Cestrum;Cestrum nocturnum
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Solanaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Cestrum]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Cestrum nocturnum]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 14
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Shrubs </b>or trees, 1–12 m; young stems sparsely pubescent, hairs glandular; axillary branches not subtended by minor leaf. <b>Leaves</b>: petiole 5–18 mm; blade ovate, elliptic, or ovate-elliptic, 3.7–21 × 1.4–8.5 cm. <b>Inflores</b>cences 1–3 per axil, each cluster 1–4-flowered. <b>Flowers</b>: calyx 2.2–3.5 × 1.2–1.8 mm, lobes 5, erect or spreading, 0.5–1 mm; corolla pale yellow to pale green, 16–24 mm, lobes 2–4.5 mm. <b>Berries</b> white, 5–11 × 5–9 mm. <b>2n</b> = 16.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering mid-summer–winter.
|habitat=Secondary scrub, forest edges, roadsides.
|elevation=0–200 m.
|distribution=Calif.;Fla.;La.;Mexico (Chiapas;Morelos;Oaxaca;San Luis Potosí;Yucatán);Central America (Nicaragua;Panama);South America (Brazil;Colombia;Venezuela).
|introduced=true
|discussion=<p>Cestrum nocturnum is considered to be an agricultural and environmental weed (R. P. Randall 2002).</p>
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name=Cestrum nocturnum
|authority=Linnaeus
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Solanaceae
|phenology=Flowering mid-summer–winter.
|habitat=Secondary scrub, forest edges, roadsides.
|elevation=0–200 m.
|distribution=Calif.;Fla.;La.;Mexico (Chiapas;Morelos;Oaxaca;San Luis Potosí;Yucatán);Central America (Nicaragua;Panama);South America (Brazil;Colombia;Venezuela).
|introduced=true
|reference=None
|publication title=Sp. Pl.
|publication year=1753
|special status=Introduced
|source xml=
|genus=Cestrum
|species=Cestrum nocturnum
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