Group: Dicot Rank: species Kind: Name of a new Taxon Herbarium Placement: Bayer, 2nd, A, 147

Authors:

Linnaeus, Carl von

Published In: Species Plantarum 1: 453. 1753. (1 May 1753) (Sp. Pl.)

Type-Protologue

Locality: 'Tropical America'

Type Specimens

• HT: Herb. Morison; 'Tropical America' 500-1500 m. Cultivated at Hampton Court, Middlesex, UK, from seed
• LT: "Tithymalus Curassavicus, Salicis & Atriplicis foliis variis, caulibus viridantibus" in Plukenet, Phytographia, t. 112, f. 6, 1691 LT designated by Radcliffe-Smith, Fl. Mascareignes 160 : 94 (1982)

Higher Taxa:     Taxonomy Browser
Concept: Andean Bryophytes Bolivia Checklist Catalogue of New World Grasses Ecuador Catalogue Flora Mesoamericana Madagascar Catalogue Manual de Plantas de Costa Rica Moss Flora of China Peru Checklist Philippine Bryophytes System    details

• class:  Equisetopsida C. Agardh
• subclass:  Magnoliidae Novák ex Takht.
• superorder:  Rosanae Takht.
• order:  Malpighiales Juss. ex Bercht. & J. Presl
• family:  !!Euphorbiaceae Juss.
• genus:  !Euphorbia L.

Other names for this basionym:

Poinsettia geniculata var. heterophylla (L.) Klotzsch & Garcke

Poinsettia heterophylla (L.) Klotzsch & Garcke

Tithymalus heterophyllus (L.) Haw.

Projects: Antioquia , Bolivia , China , Costa Rica , Ecuador , IPCN , Madidi Checklist , Mesoamericana , Nicaragua , Pakistan , Panama , Paraguay , Peru , Selva Central Peru , SNR , VPA , WBN db

Common Names:

• annual poinsettia (English, United States)
  • Brako, L., A.Y. Rossman & D.F. Farr. 1995. Sci. Comm. Names 1–294.
• bai bao xing xing cao
  • No References available
• Japanese poinsettia (English, United States)
  • Brako, L., A.Y. Rossman & D.F. Farr. 1995. Sci. Comm. Names 1–294.
• Mexican fire-plant (English, United States)
  • Brako, L., A.Y. Rossman & D.F. Farr. 1995. Sci. Comm. Names 1–294.
• mole-plant (English, United States)
  • Brako, L., A.Y. Rossman & D.F. Farr. 1995. Sci. Comm. Names 1–294.
• painted spurge (English, United States)
  • Brako, L., A.Y. Rossman & D.F. Farr. 1995. Sci. Comm. Names 1–294.
• paint-leaf (English, United States)
  • Brako, L., A.Y. Rossman & D.F. Farr. 1995. Sci. Comm. Names 1–294.
• Pastor
  • No References available
• Pastor de Monte
  • No References available
• wild poinsettia (English, United States)
  • Brako, L., A.Y. Rossman & D.F. Farr. 1995. Sci. Comm. Names 1–294.

Keywords: BCA, BOL, CEC, FCC, FNA, FWTA, PAK, IPCN