SolanaceaeSubfamily 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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