Cestrum macrophyllumVent.

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WFO wfo-0001020675 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY / CC BY-SA

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 4 observations

This species has been photographed under an open licence only 4 times, so some figures below are different views of the same plant, taken on the same day, rather than different individuals. They are usually different parts of it: the leaf, the flower, the bark.

Cestrum macrophyllum, photographed by ritirene
fig. a ritirene, CC BY 4.0 / 2021-10-17 / obs. 164709555
Cestrum macrophyllum, photographed by ritirene
fig. b ritirene, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 164709562
Cestrum macrophyllum, photographed by Kurt Miller
fig. c Kurt Miller, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 201666308
Cestrum macrophyllum, photographed by Kurt Miller
fig. d Kurt Miller, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 200777387
Cestrum macrophyllum, photographed by Bryan Connolly
fig. e Bryan Connolly, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 182562579
Cestrum macrophyllum, photographed by Kurt Miller
fig. f Kurt Miller, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 201666370
Cestrum macrophyllum, photographed by Kurt Miller
fig. g Kurt Miller, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 200777413
Cestrum macrophyllum, photographed by Bryan Connolly
fig. h Bryan Connolly, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 182571643

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Native range 11 botanical countries

Regions where Cestrum macrophyllum is native: Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southwest, Colombia, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Honduras, Leeward Is., Puerto Rico, Trinidad-Tobago, Windward Is. Mexico GulfMexico SouthwestColombiaCubaDominican RepublicHaitiHondurasPuerto RicoTrinidad-Tobago Leeward Is.Windward Is.
Native distribution of Cestrum macrophyllum, 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
Colombia CLM SOUTHERN AMERICA
Cuba CUB
Dominican Republic DOM
Haiti HAI
Honduras HON
Leeward Is. LEE
Puerto Rico PUE
Trinidad-Tobago TRT
Windward Is. WIN
Mexico Gulf MXG NORTHERN AMERICA
Mexico Southwest MXS

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 13 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 acutifolium O.E.Schulz ex Francey
  • Cestrum angustifolium Lodd.
  • Cestrum grandiflorum hort. ex Steud.
  • Cestrum laurifolium L'Hér.
  • Cestrum laurifolium f. acutifolium O.E.Schulz ex Francey
  • Cestrum laurifolium f. obovato-orbiculare (Dunal) O.E.Schulz ex Francey
  • Cestrum laurifolium var. giganteum Dunal
  • Cestrum laurifolium var. laurifolium
  • Cestrum laurifolium var. macrophyllum (Vent.) Kuntze
  • Cestrum macrophyllum Hort.Paris ex Dunal
  • Cestrum obovato-orbiculare (Dunal) O.E.Schulz ex Francey
  • Cestrum plukenetii Tausch
  • Cestrum porphyroneuron Schltdl.

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. USDA PLANTS Database. common name, checklist symbol CELA2. public domain. 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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