Cestroideae
Cestroideae | |
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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.
With the (current) exceptions of the genera Sessea and Reyesia, the subfamily furnishes many colourful garden plants of considerable horticultural merit.[2]
Gallery[]
Streptosolen jamesonii
Cestrum elegans flowers in extreme close-up.
Salpiglossis sinuata flower in profile.
Salpiglossis sinuata close up of single flower,showing characteristic paunch-like reticulation.
: botanical drawing.
References[]
Categories:
- Cestroideae
- Asterid subfamilies
- Solanales stubs