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The genus Datura is in the family Solanaceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Datura

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See "Status", "Confidence level", "Source" for definitions.

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source	Date supplied	Infra. rec.
Datura acaulis Pav. ex Dunal	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-26
Datura albiflora Rojas Acosta	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-26
Datura × candida (Pers.) Saff.	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Datura carthaginensis E. Vilm.	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Datura ceratocaula Ortega	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-26
Datura cornucopaea Hort. ex W. W.	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Datura de-noteri Sollier ex Noter	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-26
Datura discolor Bernh.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-26
Datura dolichocarpa (Lagerh.) Saff.	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Datura erinacea Vell.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-26
Datura ferox L.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-26
Datura frutescens Vilm.	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Datura innoxia Mill.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-26
Datura kymatocarpa Barclay	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-26
Datura leichhardtii Benth.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-26
Datura macracantha Trautv.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-26
Datura metel L.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-26
Datura pruinosa Greenm.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-26
Datura quercifolia Kunth	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-26
Datura reburra Barclay	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-26
Datura scandens Vell.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-26
Datura stramonium L.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-26
Datura tarapacana Phil.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-26
Datura trapezia Nees	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-26
Datura velutinosa V.R.Fuentes	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-26
Datura wrightii Regel	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-26

Statistics

The Plant List includes 89 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Datura. Of these 13 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 25 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Datura. We do not intend The Plant List to be complete for names of infraspecific rank. These are primarily included because names of species rank are synonyms of accepted infraspecific names.

Species names

The status of the 89 species names for the genus Datura recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	13	14.6%
◕	Synonym	53	59.6%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	23	25.8%

All names

The status of the 114 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Datura recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	13	11.4%
◕	Synonym	78	68.4%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	23	20.2%

Of the species names,

• 2 are recorded as illegitimate

The confidence with which the status of the 89 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Datura, are assigned as follows:

	Confidence level	Accepted	Synonym	Unplaced	Unassessed	Total
	High confidence	0	0	0	0	0	0%
	Medium confidence	13	53	0	0	66	74.2%
	Low confidence	0	0	0	23	23	25.8%

The source of the species name records found in The Plant List for the genus Datura is as follows: