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Genus:
Datura Life
> eukaryotes >
Archaeoplastida >
Chloroplastida
>
Charophyta > Streptophytina > Plantae (land plants)
> Tracheophyta (vascular plants) > Euphyllophyta > Lignophyta (woody plants)
> Spermatophyta (seed plants) > Angiospermae (flowering
plants) > Eudicotyledons > Core Eudicots > Asterids
> Euasterid I > Order: Solanales > Family: Solanaceae
About eight species, all native to the New World, with four
species naturalised in southern Africa. Datura ferox (Large
thorn apple, Grootstinkblaar), Datura innoxia (Downy thorn
apple, Harige stinkblaar) and Datura stramonium (Common thorn
apple, Gewone stinkblaar) are
declared Category 1 invasive plants in South Africa.
Species naturalised in southern Africa
List from
Plants of
southern Africa - an online checklist (SANBI),
Flora of Zimbabwe
and Flora of
Mozambique.
Herbivores in southern Africa
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