Belongs within: Solanoideae.
Datura, the thorn apples or jimson weeds, is a genus of mostly herbaceous plants with spiny fruits. Some species are agriculturally significant due to their high toxicity to livestock.
<==DatureaeOB08 |--‘Iochroma’ cardenasianumOB08 |--Brugmansia Persoon 1805OB08, L95 | |--B. aureaOB08 | |--B. × candida Pers. 1805 [=Datura candida (Pers.) Safford 1921; incl. D. arborea Ruiz & Pavón 1799 (preoc.)]L95 | |--B. sanguineaOB08 | |--B. suaveolens (Willd.) Bercht. & Presl 1823 [=Datura suaveolens H. & B. ex Willd. 1809]L95 | `--B. versicolorL95 `--Datura L. 1753L95 |--‘Brugmansia’ arboreaBR65 |--D. discolorD51 |--D. feroxH06 |--D. inoxia Miller 1768L95 [incl. D. meteloidesH93] |--D. leichhardtiiM99 |--D. metel L. 1753 [incl. D. fastuosa L. 1759]L95 |--D. quercifoliaD51 |--D. stramonium L. 1753L95 [incl. D. stramonium var. tatulaH93] `--D. wrightiiH93
*Type species of generic name indicated
References
[BR65] Black, J. M., & E. L. Robertson. 1965. Flora of South Australia. Part IV. Oleaceae–Compositae. W. L. Hawes, Government Printer: Adelaide.
[D51] Dobzhansky, T. 1951. Genetics and the Origin of Species 3rd ed. Columbia University Press: New York.
[H06] Henderson, L. 2006. Comparisons of invasive plants in southern Africa originating from southern temperate, northern temperate and tropical regions. Bothalia 36 (2): 201–222.
[H93] Hickman, J. C. (ed.) 1993. The Jepson Manual: Higher Plants of California. University of California Press: Berkeley (California).
[L95] Liogier, H. A. 1995. Descriptive Flora of Puerto Rico and Adjacent Islands: Spermatophyta-Dicotyledoneae vol. 4. Melastomataceae to Lentibulariaceae. Editorial de la Universidad de Puerto Rico.
[M99] Matthews, M. 1999. Heliothine Moths of Australia: A guide to bollworms and related noctuid groups. CSIRO Publishing.
[OB08] Olmstead, R. G., L. Bohs, H. A. Migid, E. Santiago-Valentin, V. F. Garcia & S. M. Collier. 2008. A molecular phylogeny of the Solanaceae. Taxon 57 (4): 1159–1181.