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Solanaceae

Subfamily Browallioideae
Tribe Browallieae

Subfamily Browallioideae
Tribe Cestreae

Subfamily Nicotianoideae

Subfamily Petunioideae

Subfamily Schizanthoideae

Subfamily Solanoideae

Subfamily Solanoideae
Tribe Capsiceae

Subfamily Solanoideae
Tribe Datureae

Subfamily Solanoideae
Tribe Juanulloeae

Subfamily Solanoideae
Tribe Lycieae

Subfamily Solanoideae
Tribe Physaleae

Subfamily Solanoideae
Tribe Solaneae

W/C = Wild Collected
Brugmansia versicolor Lagerh.

  • Common Name: Angel's Tears
  • Family: Solanaceae Juss.

  • Country of Origin: Guayaquil Basin (Ecuador)
  • Habitat: Frequently cultivated at low elevations throughout tropics

  • Description: [syn. Datura mollis Saff.]

    Small graceful tree, 8-15 feet; leaves oblong-elliptic, entire, glabrous to soft pubescent; flowers very large 12-20 inches long, pendulous, calyx spathe-like, rarely persistent on fruit; corolla typically white, turning apricot-peach with age, tube constricted well beyond the calyx, teeth long, flaring and recurnved; fruit fusiform, 6-12 inches long.

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Accession Data:

  • Accession # 198500486
  • Source: Unknown
  • Accession Date: 12-31-1985
  • Bench: 3110 - PROD-W: Floor/Tanks NW
  • Qty: 1 confirmed on 09-13-2011
Classification:

  • Division: Magnoliophyta
  • Class: Magnoliopsida
  • SubClass: euasterid I
  • Order: Solanales
  • SubOrder:
  • Family: Solanaceae
  • SubFamily: Solanoideae
  • Tribe: Datureae
  • SubTribe:
References:

Hortus Third, LH Bailey Hortorium, 1976

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