Datura leichhardtii Benth.

First published in Fl. Austral. 4: 468 (1868)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Central & SW. Mexico. It is an annual and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Mexico Central, Mexico Southwest

Introduced into:

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia

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 D: 1-30141.
  • Purdie, R.W., Symon, D.E. & Haegi, L. (1982). Flora of Australia 29: 1-208. Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Purdie, R.W., Symon, D.E. & Haegi, L. (1982). Flora of Australia 29: 1-208. Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Nov 1, 2014 Babbage, B.H. [10], Australia K000759495 Yes
Nov 1, 2014 Mueller, F. [s.n.], Australia K000759494 lectotype Yes
Nov 1, 2014 Mueller, F. [s.n.], Australia K000759496 syntype Yes
Nov 1, 2014 Babbage, B.H. [15], Australia K000759493 Yes
Mueller, F. [s.n.], Australia K000759497 Yes

Sources

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2022 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 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2022 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0