It was known by the common name "poinsettia" as early as 1836, derived from Joel Roberts Poinsett, a botanist and the first US Minister to Mexico. Possibly as ...

21 дек. 2022 г. · It was named for the first US minister to Mexico: Joel Poinsett. In Mexico, Poinsett saw the plant — called cuetlaxochitl by the Aztecs and with ...

18 дек. 2023 г. · Originally known as cuetlaxochitl, the plant has held significant cultural and medicinal value among Indigenous communities long before it found ...

The Aztecs called poinsettia cuetlaxochitl (brilliant flower) and the Mayans referred to it as k'alul wits (ember flower). These indigenous peoples had a ...

15 нояб. 2024 г. · Poinsettias, originally known as Cuetlaxochitl (pronounced kwet-la-sho-shee), have a rich history dating back to the Aztecs, who cultivated this striking plant.