Linnaeus, C. (1 May 1753), Species Plantarum 1: 191 [tax. nov.]

• Type: (not designated).

Linnaeus, C. (1754), Genera Plantarum Edn. 5: 88 [secondary reference]

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 358 [secondary reference]

Britton, N.L. & Millspaugh, C.F. (1920), Bahama Flora: 385 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: Cestrum nocturnum L.

Francey, P. (1935), Monographie du genre Cestrum L. Candollea 6: 46-398 [secondary reference]

Francey, P. (1936), Monographie du genre Cestrum L., II. Candollea 7: 1-132 [secondary reference]

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 202 [secondary reference]

Symon, D.E. (2 June 1981), The Solanaceous genera, Browallia, Capsicum, Cestrum, Cyphomandra, Hyoscyamus, Lycopersicon, Nierembergia, Physalis, Petunia, Salpichroa and Withania, naturalised in Australia. Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens 3 (2): 138-141 [secondary reference]

Purdie, R.W., Symon, D.E. & Haegi, L. in George, A.S. (ed.) (1982), Solanaceae. Flora of Australia 29: 35-38 APC [secondary reference]

• APC Dist.: WA (naturalised), SA (naturalised), Qld (naturalised), NSW (naturalised), NI (naturalised), Vic (naturalised)

Ross, E.M. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1986), Solanaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 2: 431-433 [secondary reference]

Wheeler, J.R. in Marchant, N.G., Wheeler, J.R., Rye, B.L., Bennett, E.M., Lander, N.S. & Macfarlane, T.D. (1987), Solanaceae. Flora of the Perth Region 1: 528 [secondary reference]

Brummitt, R.K. (1992), Vascular Plant Families and Genera: 92 [secondary reference]

Conn, B.J. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1992), Solanaceae. Flora of New South Wales 3: 345 [secondary reference]

Jeanes, J.A. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1999), Solanaceae. Flora of Victoria 4: 364 [secondary reference]

Cooper, W.E. & Cooper, W.T. (2004), Fruits of the Australian Tropical Rainforest: 517 [secondary reference]

Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008), Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3: 171 [secondary reference]

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