Class
Family
Classification
Subordinate Taxa
Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Brugmansia Pers., Syn. Pl. [Persoon] 1, 216 (1805)
Vernacular Name(s):
angel's trumpet
Description
Unarmed soft-wooded shrubs or small trees. Lvs simple, ± hairy, large, entire, petiolate. Fls solitary in axils of upper lvs, pendulous or at least inclined downwards. Calyx 5-toothed, nearly regular or strongly irregular and spathaceous, never circumscissile. Corolla very large, ± broad-cylindric to funnelform, white, yellow, or red; lobes 5, usually reflexing, usually ± subulate. Stamens 5, included, adnate to tube in lower part. Stigma 2-lobed. Fr. dry and very tardily and irregularly dehiscent, pendulous, smooth. Seeds large, c. 7–12 × 5–8 mm, many.
[From: Webb et al. (1988) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 4.]
Biostatus
Exotic
| Category | Number |
|---|---|
| Exotic: Fully Naturalised | 3 |
| Exotic: Casual | 1 |
| Total | 4 |
Bibliography
Lockwood, T.E. 1973: Generic recognition of Brugmansia. Botanical Museum Leaflets 23: 273–283.
Mabberley, D.J. 2008: Mabberley's plant book, a portable dictionary of plants, their classification and uses. Edition 3. Cambridge University Press.
Persoon, C.H. 1805: Synopsis plantarum, seu enchiridium botanicum, complectens enumerationem systematicam specierum hucusque cognitarum. Vol. 1. Cramerum et Tubingæ, Paris.
Steele, R.; Lowe, M. 2002–2006: Index. Subtropicals Index: 1–12.
