Cestrum diurnumL.

Wild jasmineday jessamine

WFO wfo-0001020453 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Cestrum diurnum, photographed by Josiah Londerée
fig. a Josiah Londerée, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-01-21 / obs. 176940426
Cestrum diurnum, photographed by juniem
fig. b juniem, CC0 1.0 / obs. 160025376
Cestrum diurnum, photographed by Adam Pitcher
fig. c Adam Pitcher, CC0 1.0 / obs. 35229161
Cestrum diurnum, photographed by Michelle Sevcovas
fig. d Michelle Sevcovas, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 110238117
Cestrum diurnum, photographed by Ben Machado
fig. e Ben Machado, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 29206969
Cestrum diurnum, photographed by Rohit
fig. f Rohit, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 72725279
Cestrum diurnum, photographed by Eridan Xharahi
fig. g Eridan Xharahi, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 8708822
Cestrum diurnum, photographed by Wutthichayapartith Rasvara Nangkasamarinile
fig. h Wutthichayapartith Rasvara Nangkasamarinile, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 197189668

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Native range 7 botanical countries

Regions where Cestrum diurnum is native: Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Cuba, Guatemala, Windward Is. Mexico GulfMexico NortheastMexico NorthwestMexico SoutheastCubaGuatemala Windward Is.
Native distribution of Cestrum diurnum, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows. Regions too small to draw at this scale are marked with a dot.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Mexico Gulf MXG NORTHERN AMERICA
Mexico Northeast MXE
Mexico Northwest MXN
Mexico Southeast MXT
Cuba CUB SOUTHERN AMERICA
Guatemala GUA
Windward Is. WIN

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 11 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Cestrum album Ferrero ex Dunal
  • Cestrum diurnum Kunth
  • Cestrum diurnum Dombey ex Dunal
  • Cestrum diurnum var. diurnum
  • Cestrum diurnum var. fastigiatum (Jacq.) Stehlé
  • Cestrum diurnum var. marcianum Proctor
  • Cestrum diurnum var. portoricense O.E.Schulz
  • Cestrum fastigiatum Jacq.
  • Cestrum fastigiatum Jan
  • Cestrum forsythi Dunal
  • Cestrum pedunculatum Sessé & Moc.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Wikidata. common name (P1843), joined on the World Flora Online identifier (P7715). CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-13.
  4. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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