Taxon: Brugmansia ×candida Pers.

Common names:

• angel's-trumpet   (Source: Southern Med J ) – English
  
• white angel's-trumpet   (Source: Zander ed17 ) – English
  
• wei&zlig;e Engelstrompete   (Source: Zander ed17 ) – German
  
• borrachero   (Source: CRC MedHerbs ed2 ) – Spanish
  
• campana   (Source: Trop Flow Pl ) – Spanish
  
• floripondio   (Source: F Veracruz ) – Spanish
  

Economic importance:

• Environmental: ornamental   (fide Dict Gard; F Panama)
  
• Medicines: folklore   (fide CRC MedHerbs ed2; Herbs Commerce ed2)
  
• Vertebrate poisons: mammals   (fide Southern Med J 89:365-369. 1996)
  

More:

View toxicology references for Brugmansia x candida from FDA Poisonous Plant Database

Distributional range:

• SOUTHERN AMERICA
  Western South America: Ecuador; Peru [possibly native]

• naturalized elsewhere in tropics

• cultivated elsewhere in tropics

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) [no mention of hybrid].
• Brickell, C., ed. 1989. The American Horticultural Society. Encyclopaedia of garden plants. (Ency GardPl) 453. [= Datura ×candida (Pers.) Saff.].
• Duke, J. A. et al. 2002. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs. (CRC MedHerbs ed2)
• Encke, F. et al. 1984. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage. (Zander ed13) [= Datura ×candida (Pers.) Saff.].
• Erhardt, W. et al. 2002. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 17. Auflage. (Zander ed17)
• Exell, A. W. et al., eds. 1960–. Flora zambesiaca. (F Zamb)
• Gómez-Pompa, A. & V. Sosa, eds. 1978–. Flora de Veracruz. (F Veracruz)
• Greene, G. S. et al. 1996. S. Med. J. 89:365–369.
• Keay, R. W. J. & F. N. Hepper. 1953–1972. Flora of west tropical Africa, ed. 2. (F WT Afr) [= Datura ×candida (Pers.) Saff.].
• Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. (Hortus 3)
• Llamas, K. A. 2003. Tropical flowering plants: a guide to identification and cultivation. (Trop Flow Pl)
• Macbride, J. F. et al., eds. 1936–1971. Flora of Peru.; new ser. 1980- (F Peru) [= Datura ×candida (Pers.) Saff.].
• McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2. (Herbs Commerce ed2)
• Standley, P. C. & J. A. Steyermark. 1946–1976. Flora of Guatemala. (F Guat) [= Datura ×candida (Pers.) Saff.].
• Woodson, R. E. & R. W. Schery, eds. 1943–1980. Flora of Panama. (F Panama) [no mentions of hybrid].

More:

Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Brugmansia x candida.

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

Synonyms:

• (≡) Datura candida (Pers.) Saff.
  (previously associated with 10 accessions)

Check other databases for Brugmansia ×candida Pers.:

• 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 x candida 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.

Images:

• GRIN Images of germplasm accessions.

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• Check PlantSystematics.org for additional images
• 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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