Division Tracheophyta (Vascular plants) ➔ Order Malpighiales ➔ Family Euphorbiaceae (Spurge family)

Euphorbia pulcherrima Willd. ex Klotzsch

Weihnachtsstern Christmas star

Synonyms:

Euphorbia coccinea Raf., nom. provis. | Euphorbia diversifolia Willd. ex Boiss., pro syn. | Euphorbia erythrophylla Bertol. | Euphorbia fastuosa Sessé & Moc. | Euphorbia lutea Alam. ex Boiss., pro syn. | Euphorbia poinsettiana Buist ex Giah., pro syn. | Euphorbia poinsettii Raf., nom. provis. | Euphorbia pulcherrima f. lutea Standl. | Pleuradena coccinea Raf. | Poinsettia ignescens Van Geert | Poinsettia mirabilis Van Geert | Poinsettia pulcherrima (Willd. ex Klotzsch) Graham | Poinsettia pulcherrima var. albida Maund | Poinsettia pulcherrima var. major H.J.Veitch | Poinsettia pulcherrima var. plenissima H.J.Veitch | Poinsettia pulcherrima var. rosea-carminata Dombrain | Poinsettia variabilis Van Geert |


References:
  1. Govaerts R. (ed). For a full list of reviewers see: http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/compilersReviewers.do (2016). WCSP: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (version Sep 2014). In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life, 2016 Annual Checklist (Roskov Y., Abucay L., Orrell T., Nicolson D., Kunze T., Flann C., Bailly N., Kirk P., Bourgoin T., DeWalt R.E., Decock W., De Wever A., eds). Digital resource at www.catalogueoflife.org/col. Species 2000: Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands. ISSN 2405-8858.