..commonly known as
poinsettia, is a species of flowering plant indigenous to
Mexico and
Central America. The name "poinsettia" is after
Joel Roberts Poinsett,
[1] the first United States Minister to Mexico,
[2] who introduced the plant into the
US in 1828. It is also called the
Atatürk flower.
The species is native to Mexico.
[4] It is found in the wild in deciduous tropical forest at moderate elevations from southern
Sinaloa down the entire Pacific coast of Mexico to
Chiapas and
Guatemala. It …
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