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Euphorbia pulcherrima Willd. ex Klotzsch [family EUPHORBIACEAE]
Date Updated: 26 July 2007
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Zambesiaca
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
FZ, Vol 9, Part 5, (2001) Author: S. Carter & L.C. Leach
Names
Euphorbia pulcherrima Willd. ex Klotzsch [family EUPHORBIACEAE], in Allg. Gartenzeitung 2: 27 (1834). —White, F.F.N.R.: 199 (1962). See species 24.
Information
It usually grows to c. 3 m high but can reach c. 4 m high, and is characterised by the large (to c. 15 cm long) brilliant red, occasionally pink or creamy-yellow bracts of the inflorescence. Its cyathia have a single bright yellow funnel-shaped gland.
Habitat
is commonly grown as an ornamental shrub.
Distribution
Mozambique M Maputo, fl. 20.vi.1973, Balsinhas 2520 (K; SRGH).Malawi C Dedza, Sylvicultural Arboretum, fl. 1.iv.1968, Salubeni 1034 (SRGH).Zimbabwe C Harare, Landscapes Nurseries, st. 1.viii.1974, Biegel 4538 (SRGH).Zambia C Lusaka Forest Nursery, fl. 3.iii.1952, White 2168 (K).
Distribution (external)
this species from Central America
Notes
Usually called Poinsettia,
Date Updated: 26 July 2007
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Zambesiaca
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
FZ, Vol 9, Part 5, (2001) Author: S. Carter & L.C. Leach
Names
Euphorbia pulcherrima Willd. ex Klotzsch [family EUPHORBIACEAE], in Allg. Gartenzeitung 2: 27 (1834). —White, F.F.N.R.: 199 (1962). See species 24.
Information
It usually grows to c. 3 m high but can reach c. 4 m high, and is characterised by the large (to c. 15 cm long) brilliant red, occasionally pink or creamy-yellow bracts of the inflorescence. Its cyathia have a single bright yellow funnel-shaped gland.
Habitat
is commonly grown as an ornamental shrub.
Distribution
Mozambique M Maputo, fl. 20.vi.1973, Balsinhas 2520 (K; SRGH).Malawi C Dedza, Sylvicultural Arboretum, fl. 1.iv.1968, Salubeni 1034 (SRGH).Zimbabwe C Harare, Landscapes Nurseries, st. 1.viii.1974, Biegel 4538 (SRGH).Zambia C Lusaka Forest Nursery, fl. 3.iii.1952, White 2168 (K).
Distribution (external)
this species from Central America
Notes
Usually called Poinsettia,
Date Updated: 26 July 2007
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Zambesiaca
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
FZ, Vol 9, Part 5, (2001) Author: S. Carter & L.C. Leach
Names
Euphorbia pulcherrima Willd. ex Klotzsch [family EUPHORBIACEAE], in Allg. Gartenzeitung 2: 27 (1834). —White, F.F.N.R.: 199 (1962). See species 24.
Information
It usually grows to c. 3 m high but can reach c. 4 m high, and is characterised by the large (to c. 15 cm long) brilliant red, occasionally pink or creamy-yellow bracts of the inflorescence. Its cyathia have a single bright yellow funnel-shaped gland.
Habitat
is commonly grown as an ornamental shrub.
Distribution
Mozambique M Maputo, fl. 20.vi.1973, Balsinhas 2520 (K; SRGH).Malawi C Dedza, Sylvicultural Arboretum, fl. 1.iv.1968, Salubeni 1034 (SRGH).Zimbabwe C Harare, Landscapes Nurseries, st. 1.viii.1974, Biegel 4538 (SRGH).Zambia C Lusaka Forest Nursery, fl. 3.iii.1952, White 2168 (K).
Distribution (external)
this species from Central America
Notes
Usually called Poinsettia,
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