Taxon:
Cestrum diurnum L.
Summary
Place of publication:
Sp. pl. 1:191. 1753
Verified:
04/16/1996
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
- Adams, C. 1972. Flowering plants of Jamaica
- Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource) www.skud.info
- Correll, D. S. & H. B. Correll. 1982. Flora of the Bahama archipelago.
- Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, India. 1985-1992. The wealth of India: a dictionary of Indian raw materials and industrial products. Raw materials (revised edition).
- Everest, S. L. 1981. Poisonous plants of Australia. Note: poisonous
- Howard, R. 1974-1989. Flora of the lesser Antilles.
- Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
- Institute of Pacific Islands Forestry. Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk (PIER): plant threats to Pacific ecosystems (on-line resource). URL: http://www.hear.org/pier/index.html
- Kingsbury, J. M. 1964. Poisonous plants of the United States and Canada. Note: poisonous
- Lampe, K. F. & M. A. McCann. 1985. AMA handbook of poisonous and injurious plants Note: poisonous
- León (J. S. Sauget) & Alain (E. E. Liogier). 1946-1969. Flora de Cuba
- Long, R. W. & O. Lakela. 1971. A flora of tropical Florida.
- Reddy, C. S. et al. Invasive alien flora of India (on-line resource). URL: http://www.gisinetwork.org/IndiaInvasivePlants/documents/assessment_Invasive_India-jan08.pdf
- Weber, E. 2003. Invasive plant species of the world: a reference guide to environmental weeds
- Wunderlin, R. P. 1982. Guide to the vascular plants of central Florida
Common names
English
day queen – day-blooming cestrum – day-jessamine – Swedish
vit juvelbuske –
Distribution
order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Cuba | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Hispaniola | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Jamaica | | |
2 | Cultivated | | | | | widely cult. in tropics |
4 | Naturalized | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | India | | |
4 | Naturalized | Northern America | | United States | | s.e. |
4 | Naturalized | Pacific | North-Central Pacific | United States | Hawaii | |
4 | Naturalized | Pacific | Northwestern Pacific | United States | Guam | |
4 | Naturalized | Pacific | Northwestern Pacific | United States | Northern Mariana Islands | |
4 | Naturalized | Pacific | South-Central Pacific | Cook Islands | | |
4 | Naturalized | Pacific | South-Central Pacific | French Polynesia | Society Islands | |
4 | Naturalized | Pacific | Southwestern Pacific | Tonga | | |
4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Caribbean | United States | Puerto Rico | natzd.? |
Native
Southern America
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CARIBBEAN:
Hispaniola, Cuba, Jamaica
Cultivated
(widely cult. in tropics)
Naturalized
Asia-Tropical
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INDIAN SUBCONTINENT:
India
Northern America
-
REGION:
United States (s.e.)
Pacific
-
NORTH-CENTRAL PACIFIC:
United States [Hawaii]
-
NORTHWESTERN PACIFIC:
United States [Guam, Northern Mariana Islands]
-
SOUTH-CENTRAL PACIFIC:
Cook Islands, French Polynesia [Society Islands]
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SOUTHWESTERN PACIFIC:
Tonga
Southern America
-
CARIBBEAN:
United States [Puerto Rico (natzd.?)]
Economic Uses
Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
Environmental | ornamental | | Howard, R. 1974-1989. Flora of the lesser Antilles. |
Environmental | ornamental | | Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening |
Environmental | ornamental | | Weber, E. 2003. Invasive plant species of the world: a reference guide to environmental weeds |
Vertebrate poisons | mammals | to humans fide Kingsbury; Lampe & McCann; Everist | Lampe, K. F. & M. A. McCann. 1985. AMA handbook of poisonous and injurious plants Note: poisonous |
Weed | | | Weber, E. 2003. Invasive plant species of the world: a reference guide to environmental weeds |