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Cestrum nocturnum
(Solanaceae)

lady of the night, night cestrum, night queen, night-blooming jasmine, night-flowering cestrum, night-flowering jasmine, queen of the night

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Species description or overview

Cestrum nocturnum information from CTAHR (Motooka et al.) View info about Adobe Acrobat PDF format
Information about Cestrum nocturnum from "Weeds of Hawaii's pastures and natural areas: an identification and management guide" (Motooka et al. 2003) is provided by the University of Hawaii's College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources (CTAHR).

Cestrum nocturnum information from PIER
Information on Cestrum nocturnum as relevant to Pacific Islands is provided by the Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk project (PIER).

Cestrum nocturnum description and ecology from GISD (ISSG)
A species description and information about the ecology of Cestrum nocturnum as an invasive species is provided from the Global Invasive Species Database (GISD). GISD was created and is maintained by IUCN's Invasive Species Specialist Group (ISSG).


Taxonomy & nomenclature

GRIN nomenclature info for Cestrum nocturnum
Nomenclatural information about Cestrum nocturnum is provided by USDA/ARS/NGRP/GRIN.

Cestrum nocturnum information from the Smithsonian's Flora of the Hawaiian Islands
Information about Cestrum nocturnum--including nomenclature and synonymy, and status and distribution in Hawaii--is provided by the "Flora of the Hawaiian Islands" website of the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History. Links from this page include descriptive information about the species, as well as worldwide distributional information and general information about the genus.

Cestrum nocturnum information from ITIS
The Integrated Taxonomic Information System ITIS provides authoritative taxonomic information on Cestrum nocturnum, as well as other plants, animals, fungi, and microbes of North America and the world.

IPNI nomenclature info for Cestrum nocturnum
Nomenclatural information about Cestrum nocturnum is provided by The International Plant Names Index (IPNI).


Impacts

Cestrum nocturnum (Solanaceae): species information from GCW
Information on Cestrum nocturnum as relevant to Pacific Islands is provided by the Global Compendium of Weeds (GCW).

Cestrum nocturnum impact information from GISD (ISSG)
Impact information regarding Cestrum nocturnum as an invasive species is provided from the Global Invasive Species Database (GISD). GISD was created and is maintained by IUCN's Invasive Species Specialist Group (ISSG).


Risk assessments

Cestrum nocturnum weed risk assessment for Hawaii-Pacific
Results of a weed risk assessment for Cestrum nocturnum for the Hawaii-Pacific region are presented by the Hawaii-Pacific Weed Risk Assessment team.


Control methods

Cestrum nocturnum information from CTAHR (Motooka et al.) View info about Adobe Acrobat PDF format
Information about Cestrum nocturnum from "Weeds of Hawaii's pastures and natural areas: an identification and management guide" (Motooka et al. 2003) is provided by the University of Hawaii's College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources (CTAHR).

Cestrum nocturnum management information from GISD (ISSG)
Management information for Cestrum nocturnum as an invasive species is provided from the Global Invasive Species Database (GISD). GISD was created and is maintained by IUCN's Invasive Species Specialist Group (ISSG).


Images

Images of Cestrum nocturnum (Solanaceae) (night cestrum)
Links to high-resolution free images of Cestrum nocturnum (Solanaceae) (night cestrum) by Forest & Kim Starr (USGS) are available here.

Cestrum nocturnum information from the Smithsonian Flora of the Hawaiian Islands
Information about Cestrum nocturnum in Hawaii is available from the Smithsonian Flora of the Hawaiian Islands.

Cestrum nocturnum images from PIER
Images of Cestrum nocturnum provided by the Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk project (PIER).


Distribution

Cestrum nocturnum information from the Smithsonian Flora of the Hawaiian Islands
Information about Cestrum nocturnum in Hawaii is available from the Smithsonian Flora of the Hawaiian Islands.

Cestrum nocturnum information from the Smithsonian's Flora of the Hawaiian Islands
Information about Cestrum nocturnum--including nomenclature and synonymy, and status and distribution in Hawaii--is provided by the "Flora of the Hawaiian Islands" website of the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History. Links from this page include descriptive information about the species, as well as worldwide distributional information and general information about the genus.

Invasive species in the Pacific: A technical review and draft regional strategy (2000) View info about Adobe Acrobat PDF format
The status of invasive plants, vertebrates, arthropods, molluscs, and crustaceans, and options for a regional invasive species strategy for the South Pacific are presented in this series of articles from the South Pacific Regional Environment Programme, 2000.

Cestrum nocturnum worldwide distribution from GISD (ISSG)
Worldwide distribution information about Cestrum nocturnum is provided from the Global Invasive Species Database (GISD). GISD was created and is maintained by IUCN's Invasive Species Specialist Group (ISSG).


Books

Weeds of Hawaii's Pastures and Natural Areas: An Identification and Management Guide
Motooka, Philip, Luisa Castro, Duane Nelson, Guy Nagai, and Lincoln Ching. 2003. Weeds of Hawaii's Pastures and Natural Areas: An Identification and Management Guide. College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources (University of Hawaii--Manoa), Honolulu. 184 pp. color illus. ISBN: 1-929325-14-2.


Full-text articles

Invasive species in the Pacific: A technical review and draft regional strategy
South Pacific Regional Environmental Programme (SPREP). Sherley, Greg (ed.) . 2000. Invasive species in the Pacific: A technical review and draft regional strategy. Apia, Samoa: South Pacific Regional Environment Programme. ISBN: 982-04-0214-X.

Weeds of Hawaii's Pastures and Natural Areas: An Identification and Management Guide
Motooka, Philip, Luisa Castro, Duane Nelson, Guy Nagai, and Lincoln Ching. 2003. Weeds of Hawaii's Pastures and Natural Areas: An Identification and Management Guide. College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources (University of Hawaii--Manoa), Honolulu. 184 pp. color illus. ISBN: 1-929325-14-2.

Annotated Checklist of the Vascular Plants on Midway Atoll, Hawaii.
Starr, F., K. Starr, and Loope L. 2006. Annotated Checklist of the Vascular Plants on Midway Atoll, Hawaii. An addendum to the 1999 Botanical Survey of Midway Atoll.

Botanical survey of Midway Atoll
Starr, F. and K. Martz. 1999. Botanical survey of Midway Atoll. In: 1995-1999 Baseline Surveys for Alien Species in Marine and Terrestrial Habitats on Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Honolulu, Hawaii.


Experts

Cestrum nocturnum contacts from GISD (ISSG)
Contact information for experts on Cestrum nocturnum as an invasive species is provided from the Global Invasive Species Database (GISD). GISD was created and is maintained by IUCN's Invasive Species Specialist Group (ISSG).


Other resources

Cestrum nocturnum references from GISD (ISSG)
References regarding Cestrum nocturnum as an invasive species is provided from the Global Invasive Species Database (GISD). GISD was created and is maintained by IUCN's Invasive Species Specialist Group (ISSG).


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