Datura metel

species of plant, commonly known as devil's trumpet and metel
Taxon taxon Q715019
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Summary

Datura metel is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.73% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (7,178 views/month, #1,418 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: species[3]
  • Parent taxon: Datura[4]
  • Taxon name: Datura metel[5]
  • Has use: medicinal plant[6]
  • Commons category: Datura metel[7]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Datura metel[8]
  • Commons gallery: Datura metel[9]
  • External data available at URL: https://www.gbif.org/dataset/93725bf2-6ada-47f9-bd5e-0e679e3d245e[10]
  • Described by source: Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 67(1)[11]
  • GRIN URL: https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=13315[12]
  • Short name: D. metel[13]
  • Taxon common name: 曼陀羅[14], 洋金花[15], 白花曼陀罗[16], 白曼陀罗[17], 风茄花[18], 枫茄花[19], 枫茄子[20], 喇叭花[21], 闹羊花[22], 洋金花(白曼陀罗、白花曼陀罗)[23], 曼陀罗子[24], 曼陀罗叶[25], 曼陀罗根[26]
  • Invasive to: Shanghai[27]
  • Maintained by WikiProject: WikiProject Invasion Biology[28]
  • Taxon author citation: L.[29]

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Identifiers

Datura metel's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 48602[30]. Datura metel's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 35625[31]. Datura metel's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2928747[32]. Recorded ITIS TSN include 30518[33] and 821259[34].

Why It Matters

Datura metel has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[35] It is known by 53 alternative names across languages and contexts.[36]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . Species Plantarum. 1st Edition, Volume 1. wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Species Plantarum. 1st Edition, Volume 1. wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Species Plantarum. 1st Edition, Volume 1. wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . A Scientific Dataset of useful plants of China. Retrieved . gbif.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [31] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [33] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [32] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] ↑ . GRIN Taxonomy for Plants. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [14] ↑ . Catalogue of Life in Taiwan. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [15] ↑ . Catalogue of Life in Taiwan. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [16] ↑ . Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 67(1). wikidata.org.
  19. [17] ↑ . Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 67(1). wikidata.org.
  20. [18] ↑ . Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 67(1). wikidata.org.
  21. [19] ↑ . Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 67(1). wikidata.org.
  22. [20] ↑ . Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 67(1). wikidata.org.
  23. [21] ↑ . Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 67(1). wikidata.org.
  24. [22] ↑ . Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 67(1). wikidata.org.
  25. [23] ↑ . A Scientific Dataset of useful plants of China. wikidata.org.
  26. [24] ↑ . A Scientific Dataset of useful plants of China. wikidata.org.
  27. [25] ↑ . A Scientific Dataset of useful plants of China. wikidata.org.
  28. [26] ↑ . A Scientific Dataset of useful plants of China. wikidata.org.
  29. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [27] ↑ . Diversity of invasive species in Shanghai. wikidata.org.
  31. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [35] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [36] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 4d ago · AntiDerangedKhanTengriAction · 2026-10-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Itis tsn → 30518, 821259
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'arz', 'as', 'ast', 'az', 'ban', 'bjn', 'bn', 'ca', 'ceb', 'commons', 'en
    Sitelink count → 40
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Itis tsn: 821259, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/290800|batch #290800]]"
  2. 7w ago · Debessis · 2026-08-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Taxon rank → species
    Topic's main category → Category:Datura metel
    Parent taxon → Datura
    Instance of → taxon
    + 8 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update-languages-short:0||tt */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/49568|batch #49568]]"
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