Taxon: Brugmansia arborea (L.) Lagerh.

Common names:

• angel's-trumpet   (Source: Dict Gard ) – English
  
• maikoa   (Source: Hortus 3 ) – American Indian (Jivaro)
  
• baumartige Engelstrompete   (Source: Zander ed17 ) – German
  
• açucena-do-brejo   (Source: D. Groth, p.c. 2005 [as Datura arborea]) – Portuguese (Brazil)
  
• cálice-de-vênus   (Source: D. Groth, p.c. 2005 [as Datura arborea]) – Portuguese (Brazil)
  
• cartucheira   (Source: D. Groth, p.c. 2005 [as Datura arborea]) – Portuguese (Brazil)
  
• cartucho-branco   (Source: D. Groth, p.c. 2005 [as Datura arborea]) – Portuguese (Brazil)
  
• trombetão-branco   (Source: D. Groth, p.c. 2005 [as Datura arborea]) – Portuguese (Brazil)
  
• trombeta   (Source: D. Groth, p.c. 2005 [as Datura arborea]) – Portuguese (Brazil)
  
• trombeta-de-anjo   (Source: D. Groth, p.c. 2005 [as Datura arborea]) – Portuguese (Brazil)
  
• floripondio   (Source: Trees Bolivia ) – Spanish
  

Economic importance:

• Environmental: ornamental   (fide Dict Gard; Trees Bolivia)
  
• Medicines: folklore   (fide Herbs Commerce ed2)
  

Distributional range:

• SOUTHERN AMERICA
  Western South America: Bolivia; Colombia; Peru

References:

• Brako, L. & J. L. Zarucchi. 1993. Catalogue of the flowering plants and gymnosperms of Peru. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 45. (L Peru)
• Encke, F. et al. 1993. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 14. Auflage. (Zander ed14) [= Datura arborea L.].
• Erhardt, W. et al. 2002. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 17. Auflage. (Zander ed17)
• Gentry Jr, J. L. & W. G. D'Arcy. 1986. Solanaceae of Mesoamerica. In: D'Arcy, W. G., ed., Solanaceae: biology and systematics. (Solan Biol Syst) 25.
• Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. [re. Brazilian common names].
• Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening. (Dict Gard)
• Killeen, T. J. et al. 1993. Guia de arboles de Bolivia. (Trees Bolivia) [= Datura arborea L.].
• Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. (Hortus 3)
• McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2. (Herbs Commerce ed2)

More:

Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Brugmansia arborea.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Brugmansia arborea. Note: Defaults to a search by genus or species epithet if species binomial not found.

Synonyms:

• (≡) Datura arborea L. (basionym)
  (previously associated with 4 accessions)
• (=) Datura cornigera Hook.
  

Check other databases for Brugmansia arborea (L.) Lagerh.:

• TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
• Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
• ICRA: International Cultivar Registration Authority for Brugmansia arborea cultivars
• ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
• Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.
  Note: Defaults to a search by genus or species epithet if species binomial not found.

Check other databases for images:

• PlantSystematics.org
• Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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