Euphorbia pulcherrima: common name details from PIER

Common name/Language/Location

Common name	Language	Location	PIER bibliographic reference	Comments
becheselrak	Palauan	Palau Islands (main island group)	Fosberg, F. R./Otobed, D./Sachet, M.-H./Oliver, R. L./Powell, D. A./Canfield, J. E. (1980) (p. 27)
Christmas flower	English	?	U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2007)
Christmas star	English	?	U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2007)
lave‘imoa	Tongan	Tonga Islands	Yuncker, T. G. (1959) (p. 169)
lobsterplant	English	?	U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2007)
Mexican flameleaf	English	?	U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2007)
painted leaf	English	?	U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2007)
poinsettia	English	?	Smith, Albert C. (1981) (p. 570)
tiare ‘āpa mata‘iti	Maori (Cook Islands)	Cook Islands	Whistler, W. A. (1990) (p. 402)
tiare ‘āpa-mata‘iti	Maori (Cook Islands)	Cook Islands	McCormack, Gerald (2007)
yellow poinsettia	English	Fiji Islands	Smith, Albert C. (1981) (p. 570)

Language/Location/Common name

Language	Location	Common name	PIER bibliographic reference	Comments
English	?	Christmas flower	U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2007)
English	?	Christmas star	U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2007)
English	?	lobsterplant	U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2007)
English	?	Mexican flameleaf	U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2007)
English	?	painted leaf	U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2007)
English	?	poinsettia	Smith, Albert C. (1981) (p. 570)
English	Fiji Islands	yellow poinsettia	Smith, Albert C. (1981) (p. 570)
Maori (Cook Islands)	Cook Islands	tiare ‘āpa mata‘iti	Whistler, W. A. (1990) (p. 402)
Maori (Cook Islands)	Cook Islands	tiare ‘āpa-mata‘iti	McCormack, Gerald (2007)
Palauan	Palau Islands (main island group)	becheselrak	Fosberg, F. R./Otobed, D./Sachet, M.-H./Oliver, R. L./Powell, D. A./Canfield, J. E. (1980) (p. 27)
Tongan	Tonga Islands	lave‘imoa	Yuncker, T. G. (1959) (p. 169)

Location/Language/Common name

Location	Language	Common name	PIER bibliographic reference	Comments
?	English	Christmas flower	U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2007)
?	English	Christmas star	U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2007)
?	English	lobsterplant	U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2007)
?	English	Mexican flameleaf	U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2007)
?	English	painted leaf	U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2007)
?	English	poinsettia	Smith, Albert C. (1981) (p. 570)
Cook Islands	Maori (Cook Islands)	tiare ‘āpa mata‘iti	Whistler, W. A. (1990) (p. 402)
Cook Islands	Maori (Cook Islands)	tiare ‘āpa-mata‘iti	McCormack, Gerald (2007)
Fiji Islands	English	yellow poinsettia	Smith, Albert C. (1981) (p. 570)
Palau Islands (main island group)	Palauan	becheselrak	Fosberg, F. R./Otobed, D./Sachet, M.-H./Oliver, R. L./Powell, D. A./Canfield, J. E. (1980) (p. 27)
Tonga Islands	Tongan	lave‘imoa	Yuncker, T. G. (1959) (p. 169)

Language/Common name/Location

Language	Common name	Location	PIER bibliographic reference	Comments
English	Christmas flower	?	U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2007)
English	Christmas star	?	U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2007)
English	lobsterplant	?	U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2007)
English	Mexican flameleaf	?	U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2007)
English	painted leaf	?	U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2007)
English	poinsettia	?	Smith, Albert C. (1981) (p. 570)
English	yellow poinsettia	Fiji Islands	Smith, Albert C. (1981) (p. 570)
Maori (Cook Islands)	tiare ‘āpa mata‘iti	Cook Islands	Whistler, W. A. (1990) (p. 402)
Maori (Cook Islands)	tiare ‘āpa-mata‘iti	Cook Islands	McCormack, Gerald (2007)
Palauan	becheselrak	Palau Islands (main island group)	Fosberg, F. R./Otobed, D./Sachet, M.-H./Oliver, R. L./Powell, D. A./Canfield, J. E. (1980) (p. 27)
Tongan	lave‘imoa	Tonga Islands	Yuncker, T. G. (1959) (p. 169)

This page was created on 30 SEP 2005 by PT for PIER, and was last updated on 7 Jan 2008 by PIER.