{{short description|Subfamily of plants}} {{Automatic taxobox |image = Ruhr-Uni-Bochum-0024.JPG |image_caption = Fruit and blossoms of ''Cestrum tomentosum'' |taxon = Cestroideae |authority = |subdivision_ranks = |subdivision = }}
'''Cestroideae''' (syn. Browallioideae) is a subfamily of the plant family Solanaceae, the nightshades.<ref> Armando T. Hunziker: The Genera of Solanaceae. A.R.G. Gantner Verlag K.G., Ruggell, Liechtenstein 2001. {{ISBN|3-904144-77-4}}</ref>
It currently contains the three tribes and seven genera, as follows: * Browallieae <small>Hunz.</small> ** ''Browallia'' <small>L.</small> ** ''Streptosolen'' <small>(Benth.) Miers</small> * Cestreae <small>Don</small> ** ''Cestrum'' <small>L.</small> ** ''Sessea'' <small>Ruiz & Pav.</small> ** ''Vestia'' <small>Willd.</small> * Salpiglossideae <small>(Benth.) Hunz.</small> ** ''Reyesia'' <small>Gay</small> ** ''Salpiglossis'' <small>Ruiz & Pav.</small>
With the (current) exceptions of the genera ''Sessea'' and ''Reyesia'', the subfamily furnishes many colourful garden plants of considerable horticultural merit.<ref> RHS A-Z encyclopedia of garden plants. United Kingdom: Dorling Kindersley. 2008. p. 1136. {{ISBN|1405332964}}.</ref>
==Gallery== <gallery> File:IMG 7246-Browallia speciosa.jpg|''Browallia speciosa'' File:Streptosolen closeup.jpg|''Streptosolen jamesonii'' File:Cestrum aurantiacum 3.jpg|''Cestrum aurantiacum'' File:Cestrum elegans (7).jpg|''Cestrum elegans'' flowers in extreme close-up. File:Vestia foetida (14096215513).jpg|''Vestia foetida'' File:Salpiglossis sinuata flower side view.jpg|''Salpiglossis sinuata'' flower in profile. File:Salpiglossis bloom at Allan Gardens, Toronto.jpg|''Salpiglossis sinuata'' close up of single flower,showing characteristic paunch-like reticulation. File:Historia fisica y politica de Chile segun documentos adquiridos en esta republica durante doce años de residencia en ella y publicada bajo los auspicios del supremo gobierno (8280168809).jpg|''Reyesia chilensis'' : botanical drawing. </gallery>
==References== {{Reflist}}
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