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The poinsettia (/ p ɔɪ n ˈ s ɛ t (i) ə /; [1] [2] [3] Euphorbia pulcherrima) is a commercially important flowering plant species of the diverse spurge family Euphorbiaceae. Indigenous to Mexico and Central America, the poinsettia was first described by Europeans in 1834.
Warszewiczia coccinea (or chaconia, wild poinsettia, pastora del monte and pride of Trinidad and Tobago) is a species of flowering plant in the family Rubiaceae. It is the national flower of Trinidad and Tobago. It is also found throughout Central America and the West Indies southward to Bolivia.
Euphorbia subg. Poinsettia is a subgenus deriving from the genus Euphorbia, and is endemic to North America.It contains around 24 species, most famously E. pulcherrima, the poinsettia which grows wild in the mountains on the Pacific slope of Mexico.
Located in Encinitas, California, with production facilities in Guatemala, Ecke has grown to become the world's largest poinsettia (christmas star) producer with 50% market share. [1] German emigrant Albert Ecke began cultivating poinsettias in Eagle Rock, Los Angeles in 1909. Paul Ecke Jr. took over the family business in 1963 and expanded it ...
[2] [3] The park, which has been called "weird and beautiful", [2] is named after amateur botanist and South Carolina native Joel Roberts Poinsett, the first American ambassador to Mexico and popularizer of the poinsettia. [2] [4] There is a $3 charge for admission to Poinsett State Park and there are small fees for overnight camping and cabin ...
Euphorbia heterophylla, also known under the common names of Mexican fireplant, painted euphorbia, Japanese poinsettia, paintedleaf, painted spurge and milkweed, [3] is a plant belonging to the Euphorbiaceae or spurge family.
Euphorbia cyathophora, known by various names including painted spurge, dwarf poinsettia, [2] fire-on-the-mountain, paintedleaf, [2] and wild poinsettia. [3] Native to subtropical and tropical North and South America, it is widely naturalized elsewhere. [2] They belong to the Cyathium type of inflorescence. Here, the inflorescence axis is ...
Euphorbia punicea is a species of euphorb commonly known as Jamaican poinsettia. It was first described by Olof Peter Swartz in his Nova genera et species plantarum seu prodromus . [ 2 ] It grows as a bush or tree three to five meters (10–16 ft) tall, and sometimes much taller. [ 3 ]