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Cestrum nocturnum

L.
Tracheophyta » Solanales » Solanaceae » Cestrum nocturnum
Common name (English)
Night Jessamine, Queen of the Night
Common name (Greek)
Πακιστανός
Ηabitat
X24 Domestic gardens (urban)
X25 Domestic gardens (rural)
Global distribution

Venezuela (Aragua, Distrito Federal, Merida, Miranda, Monagas, Sucre, Tachira), Mexico (Campeche, Chiapas, Coahuila, Colima, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Mexico State, Michoacan, Morelos, Nayarit, Oaxaca, Puebla, Queretaro, Quintana Roo, San Luis Potosi, Sinaloa, Tabasco, Tamaulipas, Veracruz, Yucatan, Zacatecas), Nicaragua, Guatemala, Honduras, Panama, Belize, Costa Rica, Lesser Antilles (I) (Martinique (I)), Haiti (I), Dominican Republic (I), Puerto Rico (I), Jamaica (I), Cuba (I), Virgin Isl. (I) (Tortola (I)), Colombia (I), Australia (I) (New South Wales (I)), Taiwan (I), Java (I), China (I) (Fujian (I), Guangdong (I), Guangxi (I), Yunnan (I)), Fiji (I), New Caledonia (I), American Samoa (I) (Manua Isl. (I)), Marshall Isl. (I) (Likiep (I)), Micronesia (I) (Yap (I), Pohnpei (I)), Niue (I), Society Isl. (I) (Tahiti (I), Raiatea (I)), Southern Marianas (I) (Guam (I)), Austral Isl. (I) (Tubuai (I)), Bonin Isl. (I) (Chichijima (I)), Mauritius (I), La Runion (I), Madagascar (I), Zimbabwe (I), Malawi (I), Uganda (I), Kenya (I), Tanzania (I), Zanzibar (I), Cameroon (I), Ethiopia (I), Bioko Isl. (Fernando Poo) (I), Hawaii (I) (Kauai (I) (Ha`ena (I)), Oahu (I) (Ko: Tantalus (I)), East Maui (I), Hawaii Isl. (I) (Hilo) (I)), Rotuma Isl. (I), Andamans (I), Nicobars (I), Myanmar [Burma] (I), Darjeeling (I), Laos (I), Vietnam (I), Philippines (I), Bangladesh (I), Sri Lanka (I), Nepal (I), Pakistan (I), USA (I) (California (I), Florida (I), Georgia (I), Louisiana (I), Texas (I)), Trinidad & Tobago (I) 70993 0

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Establishment status
Not Established
Establishment status detail

Alien: Cultivated in gardens - Pafos, Lemesos, Lefkosia, Ammochostos (Tsintides et al. 2002).

Impacts
Unknown
Pathway
2 ESCAPE FROM CONFINEMENT - Hortiulture – Hort
2 ESCAPE FROM CONFINEMENT - Ornamental other than horticulture – Orn
Pathway detail

CBD pathways per EASIN (2023).

Other notes

Apparently no details are published on this species' occurrence in Cyprus (Hand et al. 2011-2020)

References

Tsintides T, Hadjikyriakou GN, Christodoulou CS (2002) Trees and shrubs in Cyprus. Foundation Anastasios G. Leventis—Cyprus Forest Association, Nicosia, Cyprus.

Hand R, Hadjikyriakou GN, Christodoulou CS (Eds) (2011) – (continuously updated) Flora of Cyprus – a dynamic checklist. Published at http://www.flora-of-cyprus.eu/; accessed 22nd May 2020.

EASIN (2023) European Commission Joint Research Centre: European Alien Species Information Network (EASIN). https://easin.jrc.ec.europa.eu/

"UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology"
Joint Service Health Unit
University of Cyprus - Department of Biological Sciences
Darwin Initiative
Akrotiri Environment

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