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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 8 species, all native to the New World. 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.
Herbivores in southern Africa
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