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The genus Cestrum is in the family Solanaceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Cestrum

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See "Status", "Confidence level", "Source" for definitions.

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source
Cestrum abeggii Urb. & Ekman	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cestrum aberrans J.F.Macbr.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cestrum acutifolium Alain	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cestrum affine Kunth	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cestrum alternifolium (Jacq.) O.E.Schulz	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cestrum amictum Schltdl.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cestrum anagyris Dunal	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cestrum atroxanthum Kuntze	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cestrum aurantiacum Lindl.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cestrum auriculatum L'Hér.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cestrum azuense Urb. & Ekman	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cestrum bahamense Britton	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cestrum benthamii Miers	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cestrum bicolor Urb.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cestrum bigibbosum Pittier	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cestrum bolivianum Francey	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cestrum bracteatum Link & Otto	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cestrum brevifolium Urb.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cestrum brunneopurpureum Francey	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cestrum buchtienii Francey	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cestrum buxifolium Kunth	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cestrum buxoides Ekman ex Urb.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cestrum cahosianum Urb. & Ekman	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cestrum capsulare Carvalho & A.Schnoor	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cestrum chiapense Brandegee	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cestrum chimborazinum Francey	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cestrum chiriquianum Francey	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cestrum cobanense Francey	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cestrum coelophlebium O.E.Schulz	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cestrum colombianum Francey	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cestrum confertifolium Francey	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cestrum conglomeratum Ruiz & Pav.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cestrum corcovadense Miers	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cestrum cordatum Schott ex Sendt.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cestrum coriaceum Miers	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cestrum corymbosum Schltdl.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cestrum costaricense Francey	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cestrum crassinervium Francey	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cestrum cristinae D.A.Soto	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cestrum cuneifolium Francey	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cestrum cuspidatissimum Francey	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cestrum cuspidatum Sendtn.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cestrum daphnoides Griseb.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cestrum darcyanum C.Benítez de Rojas & Sawyer	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cestrum dasyanthum Donn.Sm.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cestrum decurrens Francey	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cestrum dependens (Ruiz & Pav.) J.F.Macbr.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cestrum diurnum L.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cestrum diversifolium Francey	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cestrum domingense O.E.Schulz	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cestrum donnell-smithii Francey	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cestrum dumetorum Schltdl.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cestrum dunalii Francey	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cestrum ecuadorense Francey	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cestrum ehrenbergii Schltdl. ex Dunal	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cestrum ekmanii Urb. & O.E.Schulz	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cestrum elegans (Brongn. ex Neumann) Schltdl.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cestrum elegantissimum C.V.Morton	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cestrum ellipticum Francey	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cestrum endlicheri Miers	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cestrum endresii Francey	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cestrum eriochiton Sendtn.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cestrum euanthes Schltdl.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cestrum evanidum C.V.Morton	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cestrum falcatum Francey	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cestrum fasciculatum (Schltdl.) Miers	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cestrum ferrugineum A.Rich.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cestrum filipes Urb. & Ekman	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cestrum flavescens Greenm.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cestrum flavinervium Francey	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cestrum foliosum Francey	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cestrum formosum C.V.Morton	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cestrum forsythii Dunal	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cestrum fragile Francey	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cestrum franceyi C.V.Morton	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cestrum fraternum C.V.Morton	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cestrum fuertesii O.E.Schulz	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cestrum fulvescens Fernald	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cestrum galeottianum Francey	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cestrum gardneri Sendtn.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cestrum glabrescens (Morton) Steyerm. & Maguire	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cestrum glabrum Francey	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cestrum glanduliferum Kerber ex Francey	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cestrum glaucophyllum Francey	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cestrum glomeratum Schott ex Sendt.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cestrum gracile Francey	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cestrum granadense Francey	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cestrum grandifolium Francey	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cestrum guaraniticum Chodat & Hassl.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cestrum guatemalense Francey	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cestrum hartwegii Dunal	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cestrum hassleri Francey	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cestrum heterophyllum Urb.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cestrum hirtellum Schltdl.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cestrum hirtum Sw.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cestrum hortulanum Britton & P.Wilson	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cestrum hotteanum Urb. & Ekman	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cestrum humboldtii Francey	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cestrum humile Urb. & Ekman	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cestrum imbricatum Rusby	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cestrum inclusum Urb.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cestrum intermedium Sendtn.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cestrum irazuense Kuntze	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cestrum jacaltenanginum Loes.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cestrum jaramillanum Benítez & D'Arcy	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cestrum jimenezii Alain	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cestrum johnniegentrianum D'Arcy	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cestrum killipii Francey	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cestrum kunthii Francey	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cestrum laevifolium Francey	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cestrum laevigatum Schltdl.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cestrum lanceolatum Miers	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cestrum lancifolium Schltdl.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cestrum langeanum D'Arcy	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cestrum latifolium Lam.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cestrum laurifolium L'Hér.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cestrum laxum Benth.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cestrum lehmannii Francey	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cestrum lewisii D'Arcy	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cestrum limitatis Alain	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cestrum lindenii Dunal	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cestrum linearifolium Urb.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cestrum longiflorum Ruiz & Pav.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cestrum lorentzianum Griseb.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cestrum lucidum Francey	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cestrum luteovirescens Francey	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cestrum macbridei Francey	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cestrum macrophyllum Vent.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cestrum magnifolium Francey	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cestrum maleolens J.F.Macbr.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cestrum mancoi J.F.Macbr.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cestrum mandonii Rusby	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cestrum mariquitense Kunth	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cestrum marmoratum Urb. & Ekman	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cestrum martii Sendtn.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cestrum memorabile Witasek	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cestrum mexicanum Francey	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cestrum micans Francey	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cestrum microcalyx Francey	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cestrum microphyllum Linden ex Dunal	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cestrum milciomejiae Zanoni	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cestrum miradorense Francey	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cestrum moaense Borhidi & O.Muñiz	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cestrum mononeurum Urb. & Ekman	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cestrum moquinianum Dunal	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cestrum morae Hunz.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cestrum morretense Toledo ex Handro	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cestrum mortonianum J.L.Gentry	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cestrum mositicum Toledo	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cestrum mutisii Willd. ex Roem. & Schult.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cestrum neblinense D'Arcy	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cestrum neibensis Alain	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cestrum nemanthum Dunal	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cestrum nitidum M.Martens & Galeotti	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cestrum nocturnum L.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cestrum oblongifolium Schltdl.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cestrum obovatum Sendtn.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cestrum obscurum Francey	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cestrum ochraceum Francey	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cestrum olivaceum Francey	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cestrum osnoense J.F.Macbr.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cestrum ovale (Sendtn.) Francey	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cestrum ovalifolium Francey	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cestrum ovatolanceolatum Francey	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cestrum pacayense Francey	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cestrum pacificum Brandegee	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cestrum pallidissimum Francey	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cestrum palmeri Francey	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cestrum papyraceum Rusby	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cestrum pariense Steyerm.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cestrum parqui (Lam.) L'Hér.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cestrum pauciflorum Willd. ex Roem. & Schult.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cestrum pedicellatum Sendtn.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cestrum pennellii Francey	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cestrum petiolare Kunth	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cestrum petiolatum Francey	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cestrum pinetorum Britton	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cestrum pitonianum Urb. & Ekman	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cestrum pittieri Francey	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cestrum plicatum Francey	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cestrum poasanum Donn.Sm.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cestrum polyanthum Sendtn.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cestrum porphyreum Dunal	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cestrum potaliifolium Dunal	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cestrum pseudopedicellatum Francey	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cestrum psittacinum Stapf	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cestrum psychotrifolium Schltdl.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cestrum pulverulentum Francey	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cestrum quitense Francey	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cestrum racemosum Ruiz & Pav.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cestrum raimondianum Francey	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cestrum ramulosum Francey	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cestrum reflexum Sendtn.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cestrum reticulatum Francey	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cestrum retrofractum Dunal	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cestrum rigidifolium Francey	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cestrum rigidum Rusby	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cestrum roseum Kunth	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cestrum rugulosum Francey	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cestrum ruizteranianum Benítez & D'Arcy	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cestrum salicifolium Jacq.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cestrum salzmannii Dunal	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cestrum santanderianum Francey	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cestrum scandens Vahl	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cestrum schiedei Francey	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cestrum schlechtendahlii G.Don	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cestrum schulzianum Francey	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cestrum sessiliflorum Schott ex Sendt.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cestrum skutchii C.V.Morton	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cestrum sparsifolium Britton ex Rusby	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cestrum sphaerocarpum O.E.Schulz	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cestrum sprucei Francey	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cestrum strictum Schott ex Sendt.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cestrum strigillatum Ruiz & Pav.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cestrum strigillum Ruiz & Pav.	Accepted		TRO
Cestrum stuebelii Hieron. ex Francey	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cestrum subcordatum Francey	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cestrum subpulverulentum Mart.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cestrum subuniflorum Dunal	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cestrum taylorii Britton & P.Wilson	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cestrum tenuifolium Francey	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cestrum thrysoideum Kunth	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cestrum thyrsoideum Kunth	Accepted		TRO
Cestrum tillettii Benítez & D'Arcy	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cestrum toledii Carvalho & A.Schnoor	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cestrum tomentosum L.f.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cestrum tubulosum Sendtn.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cestrum tuerckheimii O.E.Schulz	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cestrum turquinense Urb.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cestrum uhdei Dammer ex Francey	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cestrum undulatum Ruiz & Pav.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cestrum urbanii Francey	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cestrum valerioi Francey	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cestrum validum Francey	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cestrum velutinum Hiern	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cestrum vestioides Schltdl.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cestrum vestitum Hook.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cestrum viminale Sendtn.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cestrum violaceum Urb.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cestrum virgaurea Urb. & Ekman	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cestrum viride Moric. ex Dunal	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cestrum viridifolium Francey	Accepted		TRO
Cestrum weberbaueri Francey	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cestrum wrightianum P.Wilson	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cestrum yucatanense Francey	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cestrum zarucchianum D'Arcy, Brako & Zarucchi	Accepted		WCSP (in review)

Statistics

The Plant List includes 534 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Cestrum. Of these 246 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 126 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Cestrum. We do not intend The Plant List to be complete for names of infraspecific rank. These are primarily included because names of species rank are synonyms of accepted infraspecific names.

Species names

The status of the 534 species names for the genus Cestrum recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	246	46.1%
◕	Synonym	215	40.3%
◕	Unplaced	29	5.4%
◕	Unassessed	44	8.2%

All names

The status of the 660 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Cestrum recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	246	37.3%
◕	Synonym	339	51.4%
◕	Unplaced	29	4.4%
◕	Unassessed	46	7.0%

Of these names,

• 4 are recorded as invalid
• 19 are recorded as illegitimate

The confidence with which the status of the 534 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Cestrum, are assigned as follows:

	Confidence level	Accepted	Synonym	Unplaced	Unassessed	Total
	High confidence	0	0	0	0	0	0%
	Medium confidence	242	191	0	0	433	81.1%
	Low confidence	4	24	29	44	101	18.9%

The source of the species name record found in The Plant List for the genus Cestrum, are as follows: