Summary
Place of publication:
Allg. Gartenzeitung 2:27. 1834
Verified:
07/02/2008
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
- Burger, W. C., ed. Flora costaricensis. 1971-
- Cooper, M. R. & A. W. Johnson. Poisonous plants and fungi in Britain: animal and human poisoning. 1998
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- Govaerts, R. et al. World checklist and bibliography of Euphorbiaceae. 2000
- Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm.
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- McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2. 2000
- McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2. 2000
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Common names
English
Christmas-flower – Christmas-star – lobsterplant – Mexican flameleaf – paintedleaf – poinsettia – Portuguese (Brazil)
flor-de-papagaio – folha-de-sangue – papagaio – poinsétia – Spanish
flor de pascua – pascuero –
Distribution
order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
1 | Native | Northern America | Northern Mexico | Mexico | Durango | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Northern Mexico | Mexico | Sinaloa | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Chiapas | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Guerrero | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Jalisco | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Michoacan | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Nayarit | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Oaxaca | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Mesoamerica | Guatemala | | |
2 | Cultivated | | | | | |
Native
Northern America
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NORTHERN MEXICO:
Mexico [Durango, Sinaloa]
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SOUTHERN MEXICO:
Mexico [Chiapas, Guerrero, Jalisco, Michoacan, Nayarit, Oaxaca]
Southern America
Cultivated
()
Economic Uses
Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
Environmental | ornamental | | Huxley, A., ed. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening. 1992 |
Medicines | folklore | | McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2. 2000 |
Social | religious/secular | | Mabberley, D. J. Mabberley's plant-book: a portable dictionary of plants, their classification and uses, third edition. 2008 326. |
Vertebrate poisons | mammals | | Cooper, M. R. & A. W. Johnson. Poisonous plants and fungi in Britain: animal and human poisoning. 1998 |
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System.
2024. Germplasm Resources Information Network
(GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://ausgenebank.agriculture.vic.gov.au/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=16403.
Accessed 20 September 2024.