Brugmansia

For other plants with the name "Angel's trumpet", see Angel's trumpet. For other plants with the name Brugmansia, see Rhizanthes.

Brugmansia
Brugmansia 'Feingold'
Brugmansia 'Feingold'
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Solanales
Family: Solanaceae
Subfamily: Solanoideae
Tribe: Datureae
Genus: Brugmansia
Pers.
Species

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Synonyms

Methysticodendron R.E.Schult.
Pseudodatura Zijp[1]

Brugmansia is a genus of seven species of flowering plants in the nightshade family Solanaceae.[2] 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.[2][3] 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.[4] It is suspected that their extinction in the wild is due to the extinction of some animal which previously dispersed the seeds,[5] with human cultivation having ensured the genus's continued survival.

  1. ^ "Genus: Brugmansia Pers". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 2009-09-01. Archived from the original on 2000-10-29. Retrieved 2010-09-25.
  2. ^ a b Kennedy, David O. (2014). "The Deliriants - The Nightshade (Solanaceae) Family". Plants and the Human Brain. New York: Oxford University Press. pp. 131–137. ISBN 9780199914012. LCCN 2013031617. Archived from the original on 2021-09-17. Retrieved 2021-09-17.
  3. ^ Resources, University of California Agriculture and Natural. "Toxic Plants (by scientific name)". ucanr.edu. Archived from the original on 2015-05-09. Retrieved 2015-05-07.
  4. ^ Preissel, U.; Preissel, H. G. (2002). Brugmansia and Datura: Angel's Trumpets and Thorn Apples. Buffalo, New York: Firefly Books. pp. 106–129. ISBN 1-55209-598-3.
  5. ^ "IUCN Red List: search on Brugmansia and select any of the species". Archived from the original on 2021-01-17. Retrieved 2020-08-09.