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Spaniards reported finding the plants growing in Mexico in 1525, but the earliest known description is by Francisco Hernández, physician to Philip II, who was ordered to visit Mexico in 1570 to study the "natural products of that country". They were used as a source of food by the indigenous peoples, who both gathered wild specimens and ...
It was known by the common name "poinsettia" as early as 1836, [8] derived from Joel Roberts Poinsett, a botanist and the first US Minister to Mexico. [9] Possibly as early as 1826, Poinsett began sending poinsettias from Mexico back to his greenhouses in South Carolina. [10] Prior to poinsettia, it was known as "Mexican flame flower" or ...
First edition of the National Anthem Allegory of the Mexican Homeland. The National Anthem of Mexico (Spanish: Himno Nacional Mexicano) was officially adopted in 1943.The lyrics of the national anthem, which allude to Mexican victories in the heat of battle and cries of defending the homeland, were composed by poet Francisco González Bocanegra in 1853, after his fiancée locked him in a room.
The flower of the strawberry tree (Arbutus unedo) is the national flower of Italy. The flower of the strawberry tree (Arbutus unedo) is the national flower of Italy. [50] The strawberry tree is also the national tree of Italy because of its green leaves, its white flowers and its red berries, colors that recall the Italian flag. [51]
In Hawaii, the flower is called melia. In modern Polynesian culture, the flower can be worn by women to indicate their relationship status—over the right ear if seeking a relationship, and over the left if taken. [22] Plumeria alba is the national flower of Laos, where it is known under the local name champa or dok champa.
Yucca gigantea (syn. Yucca elephantipes) is a species of flowering plant in the asparagus family, native to Mexico and Central America.Growing up to 8–12 m (26–39 ft) in height, [3] it is an evergreen shrub which is widely cultivated as an ornamental garden or house plant, often referred to simply as yucca cane. [4]
It is also commonly known in Mexico as Flor de Mayo. P. rubra was declared the national flower of Nicaragua in 1971, where it is known as sacuanjoche. [8] In Spanish, frangipanis are also referred to as alhelí, alhelí cimarrón, and suche. [9] P. rubra entered Southeast Asia via the Manila galleons from Mexico to the Philippines in the 1560s.
Ceiba is a genus of trees in the family Malvaceae, native to tropical and subtropical areas of the Americas (from Mexico and the Caribbean to northern Argentina) and tropical West Africa. [3] Some species can grow to 70 m (230 ft) tall or more, with a straight, largely branchless trunk that culminates in a huge, spreading canopy, and buttress ...