taxonID	type	description	language	source
039787A0FFC14C19B8DAFF533AE1FB15.taxon	materials_examined	Type: — GUATEMALA. Chimalapa, Cultivated, seed from G. U. Skinner, Lindley s. n. [holo: CGE (n. v.); iso: K (K 001809369!) (Edmonds 2012)]	en	Sahoo, Phani Bhusan, Dash, Sudhansu Sekhar (2025): Taxonomic identity of Cestrum benghalense (Solanaceae): A New Synonym of Cestrum aurantiacum. Phytotaxa 708 (2): 236-240, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.708.2.10, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.708.2.10
039787A0FFC14C19B8DAFF533AE1FB15.taxon	materials_examined	Type: — INDIA. West Bengal, Chilapata forest, 27 April 1965, H. Santapau and S. K Mukerjee, 193 (holo: CAL [CAL 0000266945!]). Large shrub, up to 2 m high; stems terete, woody, glabrous, pale yellow; internodes 0.5 – 0.7 cm long. Leaves simple, spiral or alternate, broadly ovate-lanceolate, 9.3 – 10.3 × 3 – 3.7 cm, acute at base, acute to acuminate at apex, entire at margin, membranous, dark green above, pale beneath; lateral nerves 8 or 9 on either side of midvein, glabrous on both surfaces; petioles 1.8 – 2 cm long. Inflorescence terminal to sub-terminal, thyrse, branched, 18 – 20 flowered, peduncle 1 – 2.5 cm long, brown on drying, glabrous; bracteole foliaceous, ovate lanceolate, 10 – 18 × 3 – 5 mm, minutely pubescent. Flowers 1.8 – 2.2 cm long, subsessile or with 1 – 2 mm pedicel. Calyx narrowly tubular, 6 – 9 × 2 – 2.5 mm, glabrous outside, pubescent inside, 5 - lobed, lobes unequal, narrowly triangular, margin ciliate, acute-acuminate at apex. Corolla orange to yellowish-red, single whorled, infundibuliform to urceolate, 1.3 – 2.2 × 0.3 – 0.5 cm, tube 1.1 – 1.4 cm long, narrow towards base, glabrous outside, pubescent inside towards base, 5 - lobed, lobes triangular, 0.3 – 0.4 × 0.1 – 0.2 cm, entire at margin, acute to apiculate at apex, reflexed, glabrescent externally, densely pilose at inrolled marginal bands. Stamens 5, equal, epipetalous, attached at middle of tube, included; filaments 0.4 – 0.5 cm long, pubescent at insertion point, curved apically, anthers yellow to orange, oblong to ellipsoid, 0.6 - 0.8 × 0.3 – 0.5 mm, ventrifixed. Ovary globose, 0.9 – 1.2 × 0.8 – 1 mm, style 1 – 1.4 cm long, stigma 0.4 – 0.5 mm long. Berry sub-sessile, ovoid, 8 – 10 × 4 – 5 mm, white. Seeds ellipsoidal, curved, 2.5 – 4 × 2 – 3 mm, dark brown.	en	Sahoo, Phani Bhusan, Dash, Sudhansu Sekhar (2025): Taxonomic identity of Cestrum benghalense (Solanaceae): A New Synonym of Cestrum aurantiacum. Phytotaxa 708 (2): 236-240, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.708.2.10, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.708.2.10
039787A0FFC14C19B8DAFF533AE1FB15.taxon	distribution	Distribution: — INDIA: Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, Meghalaya, Punjab, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal. Often naturalized in forest outskirts. Phenology: — Flowering and fruiting from March-December.	en	Sahoo, Phani Bhusan, Dash, Sudhansu Sekhar (2025): Taxonomic identity of Cestrum benghalense (Solanaceae): A New Synonym of Cestrum aurantiacum. Phytotaxa 708 (2): 236-240, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.708.2.10, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.708.2.10
039787A0FFC14C19B8DAFF533AE1FB15.taxon	materials_examined	Additional specimens examined: — INDIA. Sikkim: Gangtok District, Near Enchey Monastery, 2185 m. alt., 23 September 2023, S. S. Dash & P. B. Sahoo 96403 (CAL); West Bengal: Darjeeling District, Near Meadow bank, 1812 m. alt., 12 November 1972, A. K. Sarkar 11844 (CAL); Darjeeling district, Kurseong, Dawhills area, 23 May 1966, D. Das 152 (CAL); Uttarakhand: Dehradun district: Mussoorie 1500 m. alt., 15 October 1967, C. L. Malhotra 12456 (CAL)	en	Sahoo, Phani Bhusan, Dash, Sudhansu Sekhar (2025): Taxonomic identity of Cestrum benghalense (Solanaceae): A New Synonym of Cestrum aurantiacum. Phytotaxa 708 (2): 236-240, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.708.2.10, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.708.2.10
