Datura L.

First published in Sp. Pl.: 179 (1753)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is SW. & S. Central U.S.A. to Mexico.

Distribution

Native to:

Arizona, California, Honduras, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, New Mexico, Texas

Introduced into:

Afghanistan, Alabama, Albania, Alberta, Aldabra, Algeria, Altay, Andaman Is., Angola, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Argentina South, Arkansas, Aruba, Ascension, Assam, Austria, Azores, Bahamas, Baleares, Baltic States, Bangladesh, Belarus, Belgium, Belize, Benin, Bermuda, Bismarck Archipelago, Bolivia, Botswana, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, British Columbia, Bulgaria, Burkina, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Canary Is., Cape Provinces, Cape Verde, Caroline Is., Central African Republic, Central European Russia, Chad, Chile Central, Chile North, Chile South, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Christmas I., Colombia, Colorado, Comoros, Congo, Connecticut, Cook Is., Corse, Costa Rica, Cuba, Cyprus, Czechia-Slovakia, Delaware, Denmark, District of Columbia, Djibouti, Dominican Republic, DR Congo, East Aegean Is., East European Russia, East Himalaya, Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Fiji, Florida, France, Free State, French Guiana, Galápagos, Gambia, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Gilbert Is., Great Britain, Greece, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., Gulf States, Hainan, Haiti, Hawaii, Hungary, Idaho, Illinois, India, Indiana, Inner Mongolia, Iowa, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Italy, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Japan, Jawa, Juan Fernández Is., Kansas, Kazakhstan, Kentucky, Kenya, Kirgizstan, Korea, Kriti, Krym, Kuwait, KwaZulu-Natal, Laccadive Is., Laos, Lebanon-Syria, Leeward Is., Lesotho, Lesser Sunda Is., Libya, Louisiana, Madagascar, Madeira, Maine, Malawi, Maldives, Mali, Manchuria, Marianas, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mauritania, Mauritius, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nebraska, Nepal, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, Nevada, New Brunswick, New Caledonia, New Guinea, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New South Wales, New York, New Zealand North, New Zealand South, Nicaragua, Nicobar Is., Niger, Nigeria, Niue, Norfolk Is., North Carolina, North Caucasus, North Dakota, Northern Provinces, Northern Territory, Northwest European Russia, Norway, Nova Scotia, NW. Balkan Pen., Ohio, Oklahoma, Oman, Ontario, Oregon, Pakistan, Palestine, Panamá, Paraguay, Pennsylvania, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Primorye, Prince Edward I., Puerto Rico, Qinghai, Queensland, Québec, Rhode I., Rodrigues, Romania, Rwanda, Réunion, Sardegna, Saskatchewan, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Seychelles, Sicilia, Sierra Leone, Sinai, Society Is., Socotra, Somalia, South Australia, South Carolina, South China Sea, South Dakota, South European Russia, Southwest Caribbean, Spain, Sri Lanka, St.Helena, Sudan-South Sudan, Sulawesi, Sweden, Switzerland, Tadzhikistan, Taiwan, Tanzania, Tasmania, Tennessee, Thailand, Tibet, Togo, Tonga, Transcaucasus, Trinidad-Tobago, Tuamotu, Tubuai Is., Tunisia, Turkmenistan, Turks-Caicos Is., Türkiye, Türkiye-in-Europe, Uganda, Ukraine, Uruguay, Utah, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, Vermont, Victoria, Vietnam, Virginia, Washington, West Himalaya, West Siberia, West Virginia, Western Australia, Windward Is., Wisconsin, Wyoming, Xinjiang, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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PAFTOL

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Bye, R. & Sosa, V. (2013). Molecular phylogeny of the Jimsonweed genus Datura (Solanaceae). Systematic Botany 38: 818-829.
  • Govaerts, R. (2000). World Checklist of Seed Plants Database in ACCESS Genera starting with letter D: 1-30141.
  • Stalažs, A. (2024). List of vascular plants of Latvia (with Latvian names): 1-312. Dobele.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • Fosberg in Taxon 8: 52 (1959)
  • Satina, Avery & Sachet in Blakeslee, The Genus Datura 16—47 (1959).
  • —F.T.A. 4, 2: 258

Flora Zambesiaca

  • Datura L., Sp. Pl.: 179 (1753)
  • Gen. Pl., ed. 5: 83 (1754).
  • Hawkes, Lester, Nee & Estrada, Solanaceae III: 197 (1991).
  • Hunziker, Gen. Solanacearum: 149 (2001).
  • Nee, Symon, Lester & Jessop, Solanaceae IV: 171–187 (1999).
  • Persson, Knapp & Blackmore in Nee, Symon, Lester & Jessop, Solanaceae IV: 171–187 (1999).
  • Sp. Pl.: 179 (1753)
  • Symon & Haegi in Hawkes, Lester, Nee & Estrada, Solanaceae III: 197 (1991).

Flora of Somalia

  • Flora Somalia, Vol 3, (2006) Author: by M. Thulin [updated by M. Thulin 2008]

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Aust. J. Bot. 24: 415–435 (1976);
  • Chronica Botanica 20: 16–47 (1959);
  • DC., Prodr. 13(1): 538 (1852);
  • Gen. Pl. ed. 5: 83 (1754)
  • Hunziker, Gen. Solanaceae: 149–153 (2001)
  • J.L.S. 125: 295–308 (1997);
  • Journ. Wash. Acad. Sci. 11(8): 173–189 (1921);
  • Solanaceae IV: 171–187 (1999);
  • Sp. Pl.; 179 (1753)
  • Syst. Nat. 2, ed. 10: 932 (1759);

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Mar 1, 2000 Nascimento, A.; Guedes, M.L.; Fonseca, M.R.; Cavalcanti, G.; Jesus, N.G. [244] Brazil K001073129 Yes
Jan 1, 1997 Spruce, R. [s.n.] Ecuador K000201969 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. s.n.] K001132451 Unknown Type Material Yes
Brummitt, R.K.; Brummitt, N.A. [20292] Mexico K001930664 Yes
Brummitt, R.K.; Brummitt, N.A. [20292] Mexico K001930665 Yes
Parry, C.C.; Palmer, E. [656] Mexico K000063044 Yes
Mueller, F. [s.n.] Australia K000759497 Unknown Type Material Yes
Colombia K:SPC-28977.000 No
González O., J. [7010] Mexico K000063045 Yes
Colombia K:SPC-29047.241 No
González O., J. [5483] Mexico K000063058 Yes
Nelson, E.W. [6430] Mexico K000063059 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. s.n.] K001132453 Unknown Type Material Yes
Akkul, M. [Cat. no. s.n.] Burma K001132450 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 2639] K000196769 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. s.n.] K001132452 Unknown Type Material Yes
Gibert [75] Paraguay K001073130 Yes
González O., J. [7292] Mexico K000063046 Yes

Sources

  • EBC Common Names

    • Common Names from Kew's Economic Botany Collection https://www.kew.org/science/collections-and-resources/collections/economic-botany-collection
  • Flora Zambesiaca

    • Flora Zambesiaca
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0
  • Flora of Somalia

    • Flora of Somalia
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0
  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0
  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.
  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0