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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

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

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source
Datura × candida (Pers.) Saff.	Accepted		TRO
Datura ceratocaula Ortega	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Datura discolor Bernh.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Datura dolichocarpa (Lagerh.) Saff.	Accepted		TRO
Datura ferox L.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Datura innoxia Mill.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Datura inoxia Mill.	Accepted		TRO
Datura kymatocarpa Barclay	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Datura leichhardtii Benth.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Datura metel L.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Datura reburra Barclay	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Datura stramonium L.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Datura wrightii Regel	Accepted		WCSP (in review)

Statistics

The Plant List includes 103 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Datura. Of these 13 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 27 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 103 species names for the genus Datura recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	13	12.6%
◕	Synonym	72	69.9%
◕	Unplaced	9	8.7%
◕	Unassessed	9	8.7%

All names

The status of the 130 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Datura recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	13	10.0%
◕	Synonym	99	76.2%
◕	Unplaced	9	6.9%
◕	Unassessed	9	6.9%

Of these names,

• 2 are recorded as illegitimate

The confidence with which the status of the 103 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	68	0	0	81	78.6%
	Low confidence	0	4	9	9	22	21.4%

The source of the species name record found in The Plant List for the genus Datura, are as follows: