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7415.000 Datura
Description of the genus
Usually foetid, annual herbs, sometimes perennial and shrubby. Calyx tubular, 5-lobed; the tube circumscissile near the base after anthesis, leaving an annular remnant which expands in fruit. Corolla white, violet or purplish: tube long and narrow, flared upwards with short cuspidate or caudate lobes. Fruit a spherical, spiny (rarely spines 0) usually dehiscent capsule. Derivation of name: from an Indian vernacular name Worldwide: 12 species, native to southern N America and widely introduced and naturalised into warm and temperate regions of the world Zimbabwe: 3 taxa. |
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Links to taxa: View: living plant images - herbarium specimen images - all images for this genus
| Species | FZ divisions | Content |
| ferox L. | W,C,E,S | Description, Image |
| inoxia Mill. | N,W,E,S | Description, Image |
| stramonium L. | N,W,C,E,S | Description, Image |
Other sources of information about Datura:
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Flora of Malawi: Datura
Flora of Mozambique: Datura
Flora of Mozambique: cultivated Datura
Flora of Zambia: Datura
Flora of Zimbabwe: cultivated Datura
External websites:
African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): DaturaBHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Datura
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Datura
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Datura
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Datura
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Datura
JSTOR Plant Science: Datura
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Datura
Plants of the World Online: Datura
Tropicos: Datura
Wikipedia: Datura
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