Euphorbia pulcherrima Willd. ex Klotzsch

Euphorbia pulcherrima Willd. ex Klotzsch

EUPHORBIACEAE

- Spurge family (Angiosperms - Flowering plants)

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Name: Euphorbia pulcherrima Willd. ex Klotzsch

Nomencl. ref.: Allg. Gartenzeitung (Otto & Dietrich) 2(4): 27. 1834
Rank: species

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Common names

U.S. name: Poinsettia

English name: Christmas-flower

English name: Christmas-star

Spanish name: pascuero

Italian name: Stella di Natale

Grown habit: Tree, Shrub
Duration: Perennial

Synonyms:
= Poinsettia pulcherrima (Willd. ex Klotzsch) Graham

TAXONOMY

Kingdom: Plantae
Subkingdom: Tracheobionta
Superdivision: Spermatophyta
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Subclass: Rosidae
Order: Euphorbiales
Family: Euphorbiaceae
Genus: Euphorbia
Species:

Page counter: 1155 ( AVG: 222.09 / 291.169 )

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Euphorbia pulcherrima
Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita, Università di Trieste - Progetto Dryades - Picture by Andrea Moro - Comune di Trieste, TS, Friuli Venezia Giulia, Italia, - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share-Alike 3.0 License

Euphorbia pulcherrima
Flowers at Makawao, Maui - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.

Euphorbia pulcherrima
Flowers at Enchanting Floral Gardens of Kula, Maui - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.

Euphorbia pulcherrima

Euphorbia pulcherrima
Flowers speckled pink at Makawao, Maui - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.

Euphorbia pulcherrima
Flowering habit at Makawao, Maui - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.

Euphorbia pulcherrima

Euphorbia pulcherrima
Flowering habit at Old Kula Hwy Kula, Maui - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.

Euphorbia pulcherrima
Flowers pink at Makawao, Maui - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.

Euphorbia pulcherrima
Flowers at Old Kula Hwy Kula, Maui - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.

Euphorbia pulcherrima
Birthday and xmas cake decorations at Makawao, Maui - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.

Euphorbia pulcherrima
Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita, Università di Trieste - Progetto Dryades - Picture by Andrea Moro - Villa de San Bartolomé de Tirajana, Parque Botanico de Maspalomas, Gran Canaria, Spagna, - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share-Alike 3.0 License

Euphorbia pulcherrima
Red flowers at Makawao, Maui - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.

Euphorbia pulcherrima

Euphorbia pulcherrima
Habit at Enchanting Floral Gardens of Kula, Maui - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.

Euphorbia pulcherrima

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Distribution in USA and Canada (*)
USA (Hawaii), USA+ (Puerto Rico)

Distributional map for Euphorbia pulcherrima Willd. ex Klotzsch
Map for Euphorbia pulcherrima Willd. ex Klotzsch
(*) USDA, NRCS. 2009. The PLANTS Database (http://plants.usda.gov, 28 August 2009). National Plant Data Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA

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