Cestroideae

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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. {{ISBN|3-904144-77-4}}

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. {{ISBN|1405332964}}.