Cestrum nocturnum Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 191. 1753.

"Habitat in Jamaica, Chilli." RCN: 1503.

Lectotype (Deb in J. Econ. Taxon. Bot. 1: 36. 1980): Baeck s.n., Herb. Linn. No. 258.1 (LINN) .

Generitype of Cestrum Linnaeus (vide Hitchcock, Prop. Brit. Bot.: 133. 1929).

Current name: Cestrum nocturnum L. ( Solanaceae).

Note: D’Arcy (in Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 60: 607. 1974) and Scott (in Bosser & al., Fl. Mascareignes 128: 3. 2000) indicated unseen Clifford material as type; but in fact there is no material of this species preserved in the Clifford herbarium.