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Brugmansia
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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.
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Brugmansia is a genus of ornamental plants within the family Solanaceae. It belongs to the order Solanales, class Magnoliopsida, and phylum Tracheophyta in the kingdom Plantae. The taxon is accepted under the authority Pers. and is commonly referred to as brugmansia, 木曼陀罗属, or 木本曼陀罗属.
The genus contains tropane alkaloids, including L-scopolamine and hyoscyamine. Indigenous peoples of the Americas have used Brugmansia as an entheogen. Occurrence records indicate the presence of the genus in Mexico, with data held by institutions such as IBUNAM, STDOM, SEMAHN, FCAGRI-UAEM, and UJAT.
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Species
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderSolanales
- FamilySolanaceae
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
Research
124 papers- Review on the genus Brugmansia: Traditional usage, phytochemistry, pharmacology, and toxicity.Journal of ethnopharmacology · 2021
- Therapeutic Potential of Bioactive Compounds from Brugmansia suaveolens Bercht. & J. Presl.Nutrients · 2023
- Chemical Compounds, Pharmacological and Toxicological Activity of Brugmansia suaveolens: A Review.Plants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2020
- Phytochemical analysis of Brugmansia suaveolens Bercht. & J. Presl and its therapeutic potential for topical use.Natural product research · 2023
- Datura and Brugmansia plants related antimuscarinic toxicity: an analysis of poisoning cases reported to the Taiwan poison control center.Clinical toxicology (Philadelphia, Pa.) · 2019
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Encyclopedic overview
12 sectionsContents
- 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.
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