Datura

(Genus)

Shrubs or annual or perennial herbs; pubescence of simple sometimes glandular hairs. Leaves petiolate; leaf blade simple, entire or sinuate-dentate. Inflorescences solitary flowers in leaf axils or in branch forks; peduncle, bracts, and bracteoles absent. Flowers actinomorphic, large. Pedicel often stout. Calyx long tubular or cylindric, often circumscissile near base. Corolla elongated, funnelform; lobes sometimes cuspidate. Anthers mostly elongated, dehiscing longitudinally, included. Ovary 2-4-locular. Fruit a dry capsule, 4-valved or irregularly dehiscent, prickly or unarmed, often subtended by remnants of persistent calyx. Seeds numerous, laterally compressed; embryo curved.

About 11 species: North and South America, three species in China.^[1]

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Datura quercifolia Datura quercifolia Fruit(s) Photographer: Charles T. Bryson
Location Taken: United States Copyright: © Charles T. Bryson. Permissions for Use: see www.ForestryImages.org. ZipcodeZoo Photo ID: 171091

Datura quercifolia Datura stramonium Plant(s) Photographer: Chris Evans
Location Taken: United States Copyright: © Chris Evans. Permissions for Use: see www.ForestryImages.org. ZipcodeZoo Photo ID: 162892

Datura quercifolia Datura wrightii Photographer: Brother Alfred Brousseau Courtesy of St. Mary\'s College of California. ZipcodeZoo Photo ID: 89092

Datura quercifolia Datura stramonium Seedling(s) Photographer: John D. Byrd
Location Taken: United States Copyright: © John D. Byrd. Permissions for Use: see www.ForestryImages.org. ZipcodeZoo Photo ID: 171138

Datura quercifolia Datura wrightii Photographer: Brother Alfred Brousseau Courtesy of St. Mary\'s College of California. ZipcodeZoo Photo ID: 89090

Datura quercifolia Datura stramonium Fruit(s) Photographer: Chris Evans
Location Taken: United States Copyright: © Chris Evans. Permissions for Use: see www.ForestryImages.org. ZipcodeZoo Photo ID: 162886

Datura quercifolia Datura metel \'Ballerina Purple\' Photographer: David Stang Date Taken: August 16, 2006
Location Taken: United States Botanic Garden Copyright: © 2006 David Stang ZipcodeZoo Photo ID: 134022

Datura quercifolia Datura wrightii Photographer: Brother Alfred Brousseau Courtesy of St. Mary\'s College of California. ZipcodeZoo Photo ID: 89085

Datura quercifolia Datura wrightii Photographer: Brother Alfred Brousseau Courtesy of St. Mary\'s College of California. ZipcodeZoo Photo ID: 89091

Datura quercifolia Datura wrightii Photographer: Brother Alfred Brousseau Courtesy of St. Mary\'s College of California. ZipcodeZoo Photo ID: 89093

Datura quercifolia Datura stramonium Seed(s) Photographer: Chris Evans
Location Taken: United States Copyright: © Chris Evans. Permissions for Use: see www.ForestryImages.org. ZipcodeZoo Photo ID: 162891

Datura quercifolia Datura wrightii Plant(s) Photographer: Charles T. Bryson
Location Taken: United States Copyright: © Charles T. Bryson. Permissions for Use: see www.ForestryImages.org. ZipcodeZoo Photo ID: 171094

Datura quercifolia Datura metaloides Photographer: Doug Von Gausig Copyright: © NatureSongs.com Permissions for Use: See here. ZipcodeZoo Photo ID: 103858

Datura quercifolia Datura discolor Photographer: Brother Alfred Brousseau Courtesy of St. Mary\'s College of California. ZipcodeZoo Photo ID: 88909

Datura quercifolia Datura discolor Photographer: Brother Alfred Brousseau Courtesy of St. Mary\'s College of California. ZipcodeZoo Photo ID: 88912

Datura quercifolia Datura stramonium Fruit(s) Photographer: Chris Evans Copyright: © Chris Evans Permissions for Use: see here. ZipcodeZoo Photo ID: 250299

Datura quercifolia Datura thomasii Photographer: The William and Lynda Steere Herbarium Date Taken: 2007
Location Taken: California, United States of America Copyright: © 2007 This image belongs to The New York Botanical Garden Virtual Herbarium. ZipcodeZoo Photo ID: 201680

Datura quercifolia Datura stramonium Fruit(s) Photographer: Chris Evans Copyright: © Chris Evans Permissions for Use: see here. ZipcodeZoo Photo ID: 250296

Datura quercifolia Datura stramonium Photographer: Brother Alfred Brousseau Courtesy of St. Mary\'s College of California. ZipcodeZoo Photo ID: 89060

Datura quercifolia Datura stramonium Seed(s) Photographer: Chris Evans Copyright: © Chris Evans Permissions for Use: see here. ZipcodeZoo Photo ID: 250300

Datura quercifolia Datura inoxia Photographer: Brother Alfred Brousseau Courtesy of St. Mary\'s College of California. ZipcodeZoo Photo ID: 4569

Datura quercifolia Datura innoxia Photographer: David Stang Date Taken: April 06, 2006
Location Taken: the United States National Arboretum, Washington D.C. Copyright: © 2006 the BayScience Foundation ZipcodeZoo Photo ID: 126559

Datura quercifolia Datura stramonium Fruit(s) Photographer: Chris Evans Copyright: © Chris Evans Permissions for Use: see here. ZipcodeZoo Photo ID: 250294

Datura quercifolia Datura metaloides Photographer: Doug Von Gausig Copyright: © NatureSongs.com Permissions for Use: See here. ZipcodeZoo Photo ID: 103860

Datura quercifolia Datura stramonium Plant(s) Photographer: Chris Evans Copyright: © Chris Evans Permissions for Use: see here. ZipcodeZoo Photo ID: 250301

Datura quercifolia Datura stramonium Photographer: Brother Alfred Brousseau Courtesy of St. Mary\'s College of California. ZipcodeZoo Photo ID: 89001

Datura quercifolia Datura stramonium Fruit(s) Photographer: Chris Evans Copyright: © Chris Evans Permissions for Use: see here. ZipcodeZoo Photo ID: 250298

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Taxonomy

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Domain: Eukaryota Whittaker & Margulis,1978 - eukaryotes
- Kingdom: Plantae Haeckel, 1866 - Plants
  - Subkingdom: Viridaeplantae Cavalier-Smith, 1981 - Green Plants
    - Phylum: Tracheophyta Sinnott, 1935 ex Cavalier-Smith, 1998 - Vascular Plants
      - Subphylum: Spermatophytina (auct.) Cavalier-Smith, 1998 - Seed Plants
        Infraphylum: Angiospermae auct.
        Class: Magnoliopsida Brongniart, 1843 - Dicotyledons
        Subclass: Lamiidae Takhtajan ex Reveal, 1992
        Superorder: Solananae R. Dahlgren ex Reveal, 1992
        Order: Solanales Dumortier, 1829
        Family: Solanaceae (so-lan-AY-see-ay) Adans., 1763, nom. cons. - Potato Family
        Subfamily: Solanoideae
        Tribe: Datureae
        Genus: Datura (duh-TOO-ruh) Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 1: 179. 1753. - Jimsonweed

The Genus Datura is further organized into finer groupings including:

Species: ZipcodeZoo has pages for 160 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in the Genus Datura: D. leichhardtii pruinosa · D. cubensis · D. 'Eryngium Blue' (Devils Trumpet) · D. 'Lilac Le Fleur' (Common Thorn-Apple) · D. acaulis · D. aegyptiaca · D. affinis · D. alba · D. albido-flava · D. albidoflava · D. albiflora · D. arborea · D. arborea L. 'Chlorantha' · D. aurea · D. benhardtii · D. bernhardii · D. bernhardtii (Devils Trumpet) · D. bertolonii · D. bojeri · D. cabanesi · D. candida · D. capensis · D. carthaginensis · D. ceratocaula (Devils Trumpet) · D. chlorantha · D. cornigera · D. cornucopia · D. cubensis · D. de-noteri · D. discolor (Desert Thorn Apple) · D. dolichocarpa · D. dubia · D. erinacea · D. eximia · D. fastuosa 'Double Golden' (Devils Trumpet) · D. fastuosa var. flaviflora · D. fastuosa var. varia · D. ferocissima · D. floribunda · D. frutescens · D. fruticosa · D. gardneri · D. gigantea · D. guayaquilensis · D. humilis · D. hummatu · D. hybrida · D. inermis (Smoooth Thorn-Apple) · D. innixia · D. innoxa · D. innoxia (Angel's Trumpet) · D. innoxia Mill. var. innoxia Mill. · D. inoxia (Devils Trumpet) · D. inoxia 'Evening Fragrance' (Datura) · D. inoxia 'Missouri Marble' (Variegated Evening Trumpet) · D. inoxia inoxia · D. insignis · D. knightii · D. kymatocarpa (Datura) · D. laevis · D. lanosa · D. leichardti · D. leichhardtia pruinosa · D. leichhardtii (Devils Trumpet) · D. leichhardtii subsp. pruinosa · D. leichhartii · D. longifolia · D. loricata · D. lurida · D. macrocaulis · D. maxima · D. metaloides (Jimsonweed) · D. metel 'Alba' (Devils Trumpet) · D. metel 'Atropurpurea' · D. metel 'Aurea' (Devils Trumpet) · D. metel 'Ballerina Purple' (Ballerina Purple Angel's Trumpet) · D. metel 'Ballerina Yellow' (Devils Trumpet) · D. metel 'Belle Blanche' (Devils Trumpet) · D. metel 'Black Currant Swirl' (Devils Trumpet) · D. metel 'Cherub' · D. metel 'Cornucopaea' (Devils Trumpet) · D. Metel 'D. Beej' · D. metel 'Double Cream' (Devils Trumpet) · D. metel 'Double Eryngium Blue' · D. metel 'Double Golden Queen' (Devils Trumpet) · D. metel 'Double Lavender' (Devils Trumpet) · D. metel 'Double Purple' (Devils Trumpet) · D. metel 'Double White Lady' (Devils Trumpet) · D. metel 'Flore Pleno' · D. metel 'Frilled Double Purple' (Devils Trumpet) · D. metel 'La Fleur Lilas' · D. metel 'Purple Petticoats' (Devils Trumpet) · D. metel 'Triple Yellow' (Devils Trumpet) · D. metel var. dentata · D. metel var. fastuosa (Devils Trumpet) · D. metel var. flaviflora · D. metel var. muricata (Devils Trumpet) · D. microcarpa · D. mollis · D. muricata · D. nanakii · D. nigra · D. nilhummatu · D. parviflora · D. pink flowers · D. pittieri · D. praecox · D. pruinosa (Datura) · D. pseudo-stramonium · D. quercifolia (Chinese Datura) · D. reburra (Datura) · D. rosea · D. rosei · D. rubella · D. sanguinea var. flava · D. sarmentosa · D. scandens · D. schultzeii · D. seraticaula (Devils Trumpet) · D. signata · D. sinuata · D. speciosa · D. stramonium (Jamestown Weed) · D. stramonium f. godronii · D. stramonium f. inermis · D. stramonium f. tatula · D. stramonium L. var. tatula (L.) Torr. · D. stramonium subsp. stramonium · D. stramonium var. chalybaea · D. stramonium var. inermis · D. stramonium var. laevis (Common Thorn-Apple) · D. stramonium var. stramonium (Common Thorn-Apple) · D. stramonium var. tatula 'La Fleur Lilas' · D. suaveolans · D. suaveolens f. albidoflava · D. suaveolens Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd. 'Flore Pleno' · D. suaveolens Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd. 'Sorte' · D. suaveolens macrocalyx · D. suaveolens var. macrocalyx · D. tarapacana · D. tatula var. inermis (Devils Trumpet) · D. thomasii · D. timoriensis · D. trapezia · D. velutinosa · D. versicolor · D. versicolor 'Grand Marnier' · D. villosa · D. vulcanicola · D. wagmanni · D. wallichii · D. wrightii (Devils Trumpet) · D. wrightii 'High Altitude Form' (Devils Trumpet) · D. wrightii hort. (Sacred Datura) · D. × cabanesi · D. x candida · D. × cubensis · D. × ferocissima · D. x insignis · D. xaetel

Bibliography

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Kuang Ko-zen & Lu An-ming, eds. 1978. Solanaceae. Fl. Reipubl. Popularis Sin. 67(1): 1-175.

Footnotes

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"Datura". in Flora of China Vol. 17 Page 330. Published by Science Press (Beijing) and Missouri Botanical Garden Press. Online at EFloras.org.

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