Cestroideae
Cestroideae (syn. Browallioideae) is a subfamily of the plant family Solanaceae, the nightshades.[1]
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 |
It currently contains the three tribes and seven genera, as follows:
With the (current) exceptions of the genera Sessea and Reyesia, the subfamily furnishes many colourful garden plants of considerable horticultural merit.[2]
Gallery
- Cestrum elegans flowers in extreme close-up.
- Salpiglossis sinuata flower in profile.
- Salpiglossis sinuata close up of single flower,showing characteristic paunch-like reticulation.
- Reyesia chilensis : botanical drawing.
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