Accepted scientific name:
Datura metel L. (accepted name) 1 literature reference for Datura metel L.
Synonyms:
Datura aegyptiaca Vesl. (synonym) 1 literature reference for Datura aegyptiaca Vesl.
Datura alba Nees (synonym) 1 literature reference for Datura alba Nees
Datura bojeri Delile (synonym) 1 literature reference for Datura bojeri Delile
Datura carthaginensis hort. (synonym) 1 literature reference for Datura carthaginensis hort.
Datura dubia Rich. ex Pers. (synonym) 1 literature reference for Datura dubia Rich. ex Pers.
Datura fastuosa L. (synonym) 1 literature reference for Datura fastuosa L.
Datura fastuosa var. alba (Nees) C. B. Clarke (synonym)
Datura fruticosa Hornem. (synonym) 1 literature reference for Datura fruticosa Hornem.
Datura hummatu Bernh. (synonym) 1 literature reference for Datura hummatu Bernh.
Datura muricata Link (synonym) 1 literature reference for Datura muricata Link
Datura nanakii S.C. Pandeya & A.B. Bhatt (synonym) 1 literature reference for Datura nanakii S.C. Pandeya & A.B. Bhatt
Datura nilhummatu Dun. (synonym) 1 literature reference for Datura nilhummatu Dun.
Datura timoriensis Zipp. ex Spau. (synonym) 1 literature reference for Datura timoriensis Zipp. ex Spau.
Stramonium datura Noronha (synonym) 1 literature reference for Stramonium datura Noronha
Stramonium fastuosum Moench (synonym) 1 literature reference for Stramonium fastuosum Moench
Stramonium globosum Bub. (synonym) 1 literature reference for Stramonium globosum Bub.
Stramonium infernale Noronha. (synonym) 1 literature reference for Stramonium infernale Noronha.
Stramonium metel Moench (synonym) 1 literature reference for Stramonium metel Moench
Common names:
Common name Language Country
Chamisco amarillo - -
Chamisco morado; Garden Datura - -
Purple Datura - -
Yellow-flowered thorn apple - -
Classification:
Plantae CoL
Phylum Tracheophyta CoL
Class Magnoliopsida CoL
Order Solanales CoL
Family Solanaceae CoL
Genus Datura CoL
Distribution: no longer known in the wild state, possibly native in the Caribbean, Costa Rica (introduced), Panama (introduced), Surinam (introduced), French Guiana (introduced), Mexico (introduced), Haiti (introduced), Dominican Republic (introduced), Bahamas (introduced), Venezuela (introduced), Puerto Rico (introduced), Lesser Antilles (introduced) (Antigua (introduced), Martinique (introduced), Barbados (introduced)), Nicaragua (introduced), Cuba (introduced), Jamaica (introduced), Aruba (introduced), Bonaire (introduced), Curacao (introduced), India (introduced), Nepal (introduced), Pakistan (introduced) (Sind (introduced), Baluchistan (introduced), Karachi (introduced), N.W.Frontier Prov. (introduced), Pakistani Punjab (introduced), Rawalpindi (introduced)), Vietnam (introduced), Andamans (introduced) (South Andamans (introduced), Little Andaman Isl. (introduced)), Nicobars (introduced) (North Nicobars (introduced), Central Nicobars (introduced)), Myanmar [Burma] (introduced), Darjeeling (introduced), Sikkim (introduced), Sri Lanka (introduced), Philippines (introduced), Laos (introduced), S-Europe (introduced), Caucasus / Transcaucasus (introduced), C-Asia (introduced), Western Australia (introduced), Northern Territory (introduced), Southern Australia (introduced), Queensland (introduced), New South Wales (introduced), Taiwan (introduced), Java (introduced), South Africa (Transvaal (introduced), KwaZulu-Natal (introduced), Cape Prov. (introduced)), Uganda (introduced), Kenya (introduced), Tanzania (introduced), Pemba Isl. (introduced), Zanzibar (introduced), Zimbabwe (introduced), Malawi (introduced), Mozambique (introduced), Namibia (introduced), Botswana (introduced), Seychelles (introduced), Madagascar (introduced), China (introduced) (Fujian (introduced), Guangdong (introduced), Guangxi (introduced), Guizhou (introduced), Hainan (introduced), Yunnan (introduced)), Taiwan (introduced), New Caledonia (introduced), Fiji (introduced), Christmas Isl. (Australia), tropical Africa (introduced), Gilbert Isl. (introduced) (Butaritari (introduced), Abaiang (introduced), Tarawa (introduced), Tamana (introduced)), Micronesia (introduced) (Pohnpei (introduced)), Northern Marianas (introduced) (Agrihan (introduced)), Palau Isl. (introduced) (Angaur (introduced)), Society Isl. (introduced) (Tahiti (introduced), Raiatea (introduced), Tupai (introduced)), Southern Marianas (introduced) (Saipan (introduced), Guam (introduced)), Tuamotu Arch. (introduced) (Rangiroa Atoll (introduced)), Cook Isl. (introduced) (Rarotonga (introduced)), Niue (introduced), Austral Isl. (introduced) (Rurutu (introduced), Tubuai (introduced)), Mauritius (introduced), Réunion (introduced), Rodrigues (introduced), Turkey (introduced) (WN-Anatolia (introduced)), Egypt (introduced) (NE-Egypt (introduced), Nile Delta (introduced), NW-coastal Egypt (introduced)), Lebanon (introduced) (coastal W-Lebanon (introduced)), Oman (introduced) (Dhofar (introduced), Mascat & Oman (introduced)), Saudi Arabia (introduced) (S-Saudi Arabia: Rub al Khali (introduced), SW-Saudi Arabia: Asir (introduced), WC-Saudi Arabia: Nejd Desert (introduced)), Sinai peninsula (introduced) (Central Sinai (introduced)), Syria (introduced) (coastal W-Syria (introduced)), Yemen (introduced) (Aden Desert (introduced), coastal Hadhramaut (introduced), NE-Yemen: Inner Hadhramaut (introduced), Tihama (introduced), W-Yemen (introduced)), Afghanistan (introduced), Cape Verde Isl. (introduced) (Santo Antao Isl. (introduced), Ilha de Sao Nicolau (introduced), Ilha de Sao Tiago (introduced)), Hawaii (introduced) (Oahu (introduced), Molokai (introduced), Maui (introduced), Hawaii Isl. (introduced))
Lifezones: -
Additional data: formerly considered to be a native of Asia
Source database: World Plants, Mar 2014   100%
Latest taxonomic scrutiny: -
Online resource: http://worldplants.webarchiv.kit.edu//
CoL taxon LSID: urn:lsid:catalogueoflife.org:taxon:1f3b8d84-ac8f-11e3-805d-020044200006:col20140401