Biology:Euphorbia punicea

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Short description: Species of flowering plant

Euphorbia punicea
Euphorbia punicea - Mounts Botanical Garden - Palm Beach County, Florida - DSC03662.jpg
Euphorbia punicea (Flower).jpg
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Euphorbiaceae
Genus: Euphorbia
Species:
E. punicea
Binomial name
Euphorbia punicea
Synonyms[1]
  • Adenorima punicea (Sw.) Raf.
  • Euphorbia troyana Urb.
  • Euphorbiodendron puniceum
    (Sw.) Millsp.
  • Euphorbiodendron troyanum
    (Urb.) Millsp.
  • Poinsettia punicea
    (Sw.) Klotzsch & Garcke
  • Tithymalus puniceus (Sw.) Haw.

Euphorbia punicea is a species of euphorb commonly known as Jamaican poinsettia. It was first described by Olof Peter Swartz in his Nova genera et species plantarum seu prodromus.[2] It grows as a bush or tree three to five meters (10–16 ft) tall, and sometimes much taller.[3] The false flower is in fact a cyathium surrounded by large, colorful bracts.

Drawing from James Edward Smith and James Sowerby

References

  1. ↑ "Euphorbia punicea Sw.". http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/kew-81773. 
  2. ↑ "Nova genera et species plantarum seu prodromu". http://www.botanicus.org/page/376795. 
  3. ↑ Rikus van Veldhuisen. "Some notes on Euphorbia punicea SWARTZ and related species". http://www.euphorbia-international.org/journal/pdf_files/EW1-3-sample.pdf. 

Wikidata ☰ Q5851901 entry




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