Brugmansia × candida

Brugmansia × candida
	At the Chicago Botanic Garden
	Habit
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Solanales
Family:	Solanaceae
Genus:	Brugmansia
Species:	B. × candida
Binomial name
	Brugmansia × candida; Pers.
Synonyms
	List Brugmansia × amesiana (R.E.Schult.) D'Arcy; Brugmansia × amesianum (R.E.Schult.) D'Arcy; Brugmansia × knightii Bosse; Brugmansia × mollis (Saff.) Moldenke; Brugmansia suaveolens var. flore-duplici Voss; Datura × candida (Pers.) Voigt; Datura cornigera var. flore-pleno J.Fraser & Hemsl.; Datura cornigera var. knightii (Bosse) G.Nicholson; Datura × knightii (Bosse) Glenny; Datura × mollis Saff.; Datura suaveolens var. knightii (Bosse) J.Fraser & Hemsl.; Methysticodendron × amesianum R.E.Schult.; ;

Brugmansia × candida (syn. Datura × candida), the angel's trumpet, is a hybrid species of flowering plant in the family Solanaceae.^[2] Its parents are Brugmansia aurea and Brugmansia versicolor, with both listed as extinct in the wild.^[1]^[3]^[4]

Brugmansia × candida is native to Colombia and Ecuador, and has been introduced to tropical locations worldwide.^[1] A large shrub or small tree reaching at most 6 m (20 ft), it is typically found in the seasonally dry tropics.^[2] Its cultivars 'Angels Sunbeam', 'Creamsickle', 'Grand Marnier', and 'Knightii' have all gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit as ornamentals.^[5]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Brugmansia × candida Pers". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 24 September 2024.
^ ^a ^b "Brugmansia × candida". Find a plant. The Royal Horticultural Society. 2024. Retrieved 24 September 2024.
^ Hay, A. (2014). "Brugmansia aurea". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T38124A58906215. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-1.RLTS.T38124A58906215.en. Retrieved 25 September 2024.
^ Hay, A. (2014). "Brugmansia versicolor". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T38125A58908295. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-1.RLTS.T38125A58908295.en. Retrieved 25 September 2024.
^ "AGM Plants – ORNAMENTAL" (PDF). www.rhs.org. Royal Horticultural Society. April 2023. p. 15. Retrieved 24 September 2024.

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[POWO_814597-1-1] "Brugmansia × candida Pers". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 24 September 2024.

[RHS_73486-2] "Brugmansia × candida". Find a plant. The Royal Horticultural Society. 2024. Retrieved 24 September 2024.

[3] Hay, A. (2014). "Brugmansia aurea". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T38124A58906215. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-1.RLTS.T38124A58906215.en. Retrieved 25 September 2024.

[4] Hay, A. (2014). "Brugmansia versicolor". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T38125A58908295. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-1.RLTS.T38125A58908295.en. Retrieved 25 September 2024.

[RHS_AGM-5] "AGM Plants – ORNAMENTAL" (PDF). www.rhs.org. Royal Horticultural Society. April 2023. p. 15. Retrieved 24 September 2024.

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