Cestroideae (syn. Browallioideae) is a subfamily of the plant family Solanaceae, the nightshades.Armando T. Hunziker: The Genera of Solanaceae. A.R.G. Gantner Verlag K.G., Ruggell, Liechtenstein 2001.
It currently contains the three tribes and seven genera, as follows: Browallieae Hunz. Browallia L. Streptosolen (Benth.) Miers Cestreae Don Cestrum L. Sessea Ruiz & Pav. Vestia Willd. Salpiglossideae (Benth.) Hunz. Reyesia Gay Salpiglossis Ruiz & Pav.
With the (current) exceptions of the genera Sessea and Reyesia, the subfamily furnishes many colourful garden plants of considerable horticultural merit.RHS A-Z encyclopedia of garden plants. United Kingdom: Dorling Kindersley. 2008. p. 1136. .
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