Cestroideae

Cestroideae
Fruit and blossoms of Cestrum tomentosum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Solanales
Family:	Solanaceae
Subfamily:	Cestroideae

Cestroideae (syn. Browallioideae) is a subfamily of the plant family Solanaceae, the nightshades.[1]

It currently contains the three tribes and seven genera, as follows:

• Browallieae Hunz.
  • Browallia L.
  • Streptosolen (Benth.) Miers
• Cestreae Don
  • Cestrum L.
  • Sessea Ruiz & Pav.
  • Vestia Willd.
• Salpiglossideae (Benth.) Hunz.
  • Reyesia Gay
  • Salpiglossis Ruiz & Pav.

With the (current) exceptions of the genera Sessea and Reyesia, the subfamily furnishes many colourful garden plants of considerable horticultural merit.[2]

Gallery

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  Browallia speciosa
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  Streptosolen jamesonii
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  Cestrum aurantiacum
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  Cestrum elegans flowers in extreme close-up.
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  Vestia foetida
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  Salpiglossis sinuata flower in profile.
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  Salpiglossis sinuata close up of single flower,showing characteristic paunch-like reticulation.
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  Reyesia chilensis : botanical drawing.

References

1. Armando T. Hunziker: The Genera of Solanaceae. A.R.G. Gantner Verlag K.G., Ruggell, Liechtenstein 2001. ISBN 3-904144-77-4
2. RHS A-Z encyclopedia of garden plants. United Kingdom: Dorling Kindersley. 2008. p. 1136. ISBN 1405332964.