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Datura (jimsonweed)

Synonyms: Apemon; Ceratocaulos; Stramonium

Wikipedia Abstract

Datura is a genus of nine species of poisonous vespertine flowering plants belonging to the family Solanaceae. They are commonly known as daturas, but also known as devil's trumpets, not to be confused with angel's trumpets, its closely related genus Brugmansia. They are also sometimes called moonflowers, Jimsonweed, devil's weed, hell's bells, thorn-apple, and many more. Its precise and natural distribution is uncertain, owing to its extensive cultivation and naturalization throughout the temperate and tropical regions of the globe. Its distribution within the Americas and North Africa, however, is most likely restricted to the United States and Mexico in North America, and Tunisia in Africa, where the highest species diversity occurs.
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Species

Brugmansia hybr
Datura aegyptiaca
Datura arenicola
Datura discolor (desert thorn-apple) (Attributes)
Datura ferox (Chinese thorn-apple) (Attributes)
Datura frutescens
Datura innoxia (sacred datura) (Attributes)
Datura kymatocarpa (datura) (Attributes)
Datura leichhardtii (Leichhardt's datura) (Attributes)
Datura metel (Purple Datura)
Datura miocenica
Datura quercifolia (oak-leaf thorn-apple)
Datura reburra (datura) (Attributes)
Datura stramonium (moonflower) (Attributes)
Datura tarapacana
Datura velutinosa
Datura wrightii (sacred thorn-apple) (Attributes)

External References

Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0