Cestroideae (syn. Browallioideae) is a subfamily of the plant family
Solanaceae
Solanaceae (), commonly known as the nightshades, is a family of flowering plants in the order Solanales. It contains approximately 2,700 species, several of which are used as agricultural crops, medicinal plants, and ornamental plants. Many me ...
, the nightshades.
It currently contains the three tribes and seven genera, as follows:
* Browallieae
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Browallia
''Browallia'' is a small genus of seven species of flowering plants (mostly annuals though occasionally shrubs or ephemerophytes) belonging to the nightshade family Solanaceae.Armando T. Hunziker: The Genera of Solanaceae. A.R.G. Gantner Verlag ...
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Streptosolen''
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* Cestreae
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Cestrum''
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Sessea
''Sessea'' is a genus of 19 accepted species of shrubs, small trees and climbers belonging to the subfamily Cestroideae of the plant family Solanaceae. The flowers of ''Sessea'' are so similar to those of '' Cestrum'' that the genera cannot usua ...
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Vestia''
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* Salpiglossideae
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Reyesia''
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Salpiglossis''
Ruiz & Pav.
With the (current) exceptions of the genera ''Sessea'' and ''Reyesia'', the subfamily furnishes many colourful
garden plants
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of considerable horticultural merit.
[ RHS A-Z encyclopedia of garden plants. United Kingdom: Dorling Kindersley. 2008. p. 1136. .]
Gallery
File:IMG 7246-Browallia speciosa.jpg, '' Browallia speciosa''
File:Streptosolen closeup.jpg, '' Streptosolen jamesonii''
File:Cestrum aurantiacum 3.jpg, ''Cestrum aurantiacum
''Cestrum aurantiacum'' (orange cestrum, "orange jessamine", orange-flowering jessamine, and yellow cestrum; syn. ''Capraria lanceolata'' L.f.) is a species of shrub in the potato family Solanaceae that is native to tropical regions of North Amer ...
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File:Cestrum elegans (7).jpg, ''Cestrum elegans
''Cestrum elegans'', the purple cestrum, red cestrum, or bastard jasmine, is a species of flowering plants in the genus '' Cestrum''.
History
''Cestrum elegans'' belongs to the family Solanaceae. Solanaceae is derived from the Greek language mea ...
'' flowers in extreme close-up.
File:Vestia foetida (14096215513).jpg, ''Vestia foetida
''Vestia'' is a monotypic genusLas Penas, M. L., et al. (2006)Karyotypes of some species of ''Cestrum'', ''Sessea'', and ''Vestia'' (tribe Cestreae, Solanaceae).''Caryologia'' 59(2) 131-37. of flowering plants in the family (biology), family Sola ...
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File:Salpiglossis sinuata flower side view.jpg, '' Salpiglossis sinuata'' flower in profile.
File:Salpiglossis bloom at Allan Gardens, Toronto.jpg, '' Salpiglossis sinuata'' close up of single flower,showing characteristic paunch-like reticulation.
File:Historia fisica y politica de Chile segun documentos adquiridos en esta republica durante doce años de residencia en ella y publicada bajo los auspicios del supremo gobierno (8280168809).jpg, '' Reyesia chilensis'' : botanical drawing.
References
Asterid subfamilies
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