Taxon: Euphorbia pulcherrima Willd. ex Klotzsch

• the 11 historical accession(s) associated with this name.
• Check PlantSearch database of Botanic Gardens Conservation International for possible non-NPGS germplasm.
• Check AABGA/NAPCC contact person for genus for possible non-NPGS germplasm.

Common names:

• Christmas-flower   (Source: Dict Gard ) – English
  
• Christmas-star   (Source: Dict Gard ) – English
  
• lobsterplant   (Source: Dict Gard ) – English
  
• Mexican flameleaf   (Source: Dict Gard ) – English
  
• paintedleaf   (Source: Dict Gard ) – English
  
• poinsettia   (Source: World Econ Pl ) – English
  
• flor-de-papagaio   (Source: D. Groth, p.c. 2005) – Portuguese (Brazil)
  
• folha-de-sangue   (Source: D. Groth, p.c. 2005) – Portuguese (Brazil)
  
• papagaio   (Source: D. Groth, p.c. 2005) – Portuguese (Brazil)
  
• poinsétia   (Source: D. Groth, p.c. 2005) – Portuguese (Brazil)
  
• flor de pascua   (Source: R. Riina, p.c.) – Spanish
  
• pascuero   (Source: R. Riina, p.c.) – Spanish
  

Economic importance:

• Environmental: ornamental   (fide Dict Gard; Eur Gard F)
  
• Medicines: folklore   (fide CRC MedHerbs ed2; Herbs Commerce ed2)
  
• Vertebrate poisons: mammals   (fide Kingsbury; Lampe & McCann; Cooper & Johnson ed2)
  
• Social: religious/secular   (associated with the Christmas season fide Mabberleys Pl Book)
  

More:

View toxicology references for Euphorbia pulcherrima from FDA Poisonous Plant Database

View phytochemical or ethnobotanical data from Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Distributional range:

• NORTHERN AMERICA
  Northern Mexico: Mexico - Durango, Sinaloa
  Southern Mexico: Mexico - Chiapas, Guerrero, Jalisco, Michoacan, Nayarit, Oaxaca
• SOUTHERN AMERICA
  Mesoamerica: Guatemala

• widely cultivated

References:

• Burger, W. C., ed. 1971–. Flora costaricensis.
• Cooper, M. R. & A. W. Johnson. 1998. Poisonous plants and fungi in Britain: animal and human poisoning. [poisonous].
• Dressler, R. L. 1961. A synopsis of Poinsettia (Euphorbiaceae). Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 48:335. [= Poinsettia pulcherrima (Willd. ex Klotzsch) Graham].
• Duke, J. A. et al. 2002. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs.
• Erhardt, W. et al. 2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2000. World checklist and bibliography of Euphorbiaceae.
• Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. [re. Brazilian common names].
• Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening.
• Kartesz, J. T. 1994. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland.
• Kingsbury, J. M. 1964. Poisonous plants of the United States and Canada. [poisonous].
• Lampe, K. F. & M. A. McCann. 1985. AMA handbook of poisonous and injurious plants. [poisonous].
• Mabberley, D. J. 2008. Mabberley's plant-book: a portable dictionary of plants, their classification and uses, third edition. 326. [re. christmas association].
• Mayfield, M. H. 1997. A systematic treatment of Euphorbia subgenus Poinsettia (Euphorbiaceae). Unpublished dissertation (University of Texas at Austin) 217–224.
• McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2.
• Merrill, E. D. 1922–1926. An enumeration of Philippine flowering plants. [mentions].
• Munro, D. B. Canadian poisonous plants information system (on-line resource).
• Reitz, R., ed. 1965–. Flora ilustrada catarinense.
• Riina, R. 2011. Review of Euphorbiaceae data for World Economic Plants, ed. 2. pers. comm. via e–mail on 11 Jan.
• Standley, P. C. & J. A. Steyermark. 1946–1976. Flora of Guatemala.
• Trejo, L. et al. 2012. Poinsettia's wild ancestor in the mexican dry tropics: Historical, genetic, and environmental evidence. Amer. J. Bot. 99:1146–1157.
• Walters, S. M. et al., eds. 1986–. European garden flora.

More:

Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Euphorbia pulcherrima.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Euphorbia pulcherrima.

Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Euphorbia pulcherrima.

Synonyms:

• (=) Euphorbia pulcherrima var. plenissima hort.
  (previously associated with 1 accession)
• (≡) Poinsettia pulcherrima (Willd. ex Klotzsch) Graham
  (previously associated with 2 accessions)

Check other web resources for Euphorbia pulcherrima Willd. ex Klotzsch:

• TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
• Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
• ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
• Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.

Check other web resources for images:

• PlantSystematics.org
• Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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