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Brugmansia

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Brugmansia

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Also known as angel's trumpets, angel's trumpet, devil’s breath, datura

Brugmansia is a genus of seven species of flowering plants in the nightshade family Solanaceae. They are woody trees or shrubs, with pendulous flowers, and have no spines on their fruit. Their large, fragrant flowers give them their common name of '''angel's trumpets''', adjacent to the nickname devil's trumpets of the closely related genus Datura.

Species

GENUS

  1. KingdomPlantae
  2. PhylumTracheophyta
  3. ClassMagnoliopsida
  4. OrderSolanales
  5. FamilySolanaceae
Native toBolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Chile North, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru
Observations recorded17,407

General: As they contain tropane alkaloids, Brugmansias are widely

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
700
With media
272
Family
Solanaceae
Collections
IBUNAM, STDOM, SEMAHN, FCAGRI-UAEM, UJAT, FC-UNAM
Recorded in
Mexico

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Encyclopedic overview

12 sections
Contents
  • Description
  • Taxonomy
  • Distribution and habitat
  • Ecology
  • Historical uses
  • Toxicity
  • Cultivation
  • Gallery
  • See also
  • References
  • Further reading
  • External links

Brugmansia is a genus of seven species of flowering plants in the nightshade family Solanaceae. They are woody trees or shrubs, with pendulous flowers, and have no spines on their fruit. Their large, fragrant flowers give them their common name of '''angel's trumpets''', adjacent to the nickname devil's trumpets of the closely related genus Datura.

Brugmansia species are among the most toxic of ornamental plants, containing tropane alkaloids of the type also responsible for the toxicity and deliriant effects of both jimsonweed and the infamous deadly nightshade. All seven species are known only in cultivation or as escapees from cultivation, and no wild plants have ever been confirmed. They are therefore listed as Extinct in the Wild by the IUCN Red List, although they are popular ornamental plants and still exist wild outside their native range as introduced species. It is suspected that their extinction in the wild is due to the extinction of some animal that previously dispersed the seeds, with human cultivation having ensured the genus's continued survival.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Brugmansia” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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