Editing Poinsettia (section)

==Taxonomy==
The poinsettia was [[species description|described]] as a new species in 1834 by the German scientist [[Johann Friedrich Klotzsch]].<ref>{{cite journal|journal=Allgemeine Gartenzeitung| title=Beschreibung zweier neuen Euphorbien aus Mexico| language=de| trans-title=Description of two new Euphorbia from Mexico| volume=2| page=27|url=https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14572585| year=1834|first=J. F.| last=Klotzsch}}</ref> Klotzsch credited [[Carl Ludwig Willdenow]] with the [[specific epithet (botany)|species name]] "''pulcherrima''", and the [[Author citation (botany)|authority]] is given as Willd. ex Klotzsch. The [[holotype]] had been collected in Mexico during an 1803&ndash;1804 expedition by [[Alexander von Humboldt]] and [[Aimé Bonpland]].<ref>{{cite journal|jstor=41548995|title=The discovery, naming and typification of Euphorbia pulcherrima (Euphorbiaceae)|journal=[[Willdenowia (journal)|Willdenowia]]|volume=41|issue=2|pages=301–309|last1=Lack|first1=H. Walter|year=2011|doi=10.3372/wi.41.41212|s2cid=198149097 |doi-access=free}}</ref>

It was known by the common name "poinsettia" as early as 1836,<ref name="Taylor"/> derived from [[Joel Roberts Poinsett]], a botanist and the first US Minister to Mexico.<ref name="CSU"/> Possibly as early as 1826, Poinsett began sending poinsettias from Mexico back to his greenhouses in South Carolina.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://history.house.gov/Blog/2013/December/12-12-Poinsett/| title=Poinsett's Popular Poinsettia| website=History, Art & Archives: United States House of Representatives|access-date=14 November 2019| date=12 December 2013}}</ref> Prior to poinsettia, it was known as "'''Mexican flame flower'''" or "'''painted leaf'''".<ref name="Taylor"/>