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Joel Roberts Poinsett (March 2, 1779 - December 12, 1851) is the individual honored by the common name of the poinsettia (Euphorbia pulcherrima).
Specifically, Poinsett served as an early U.S. diplomat in Mexico. During the years 1822-1823 he was Special Envoy to Mexico. During the years 1825-1830 he was the first U.S. Minister to Mexico.
While carrying out his ministerial responsibilities, he visited the modern-day state of Guerrero in southwestern Mexico. There, he noticed a brightly colored, Christmas-blooming plant in Taxco de Alarcón. As an early student of botany and an astute observer of nature, Poinsett recognized the scientific interest and the ornamental appeal that such a plant would generate in the United States of America. He therefore pioneered the introduction of the plant north of the U.S.-Mexican border.
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For whom is the poinsettia plant named?
Joel Roberts Poinsett
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Botanist, physician and statesman Joel Roberts Poinsettia(March 2, 1774 - December 12, 1851) is the person for whom poinsettias (Euphorbia pulcherrima) are named.Specifically, Poinsett discovered the plant growing in the wild in its native Mexico. He was impressed with the plant's bright, end-of-the-year bloom. He realized that the plant would generate a lot of interest among botanists in the United States of America. In 1828, he began sending specimens back to his own botanical greenhouses in South Carolina and to select botanist friends. He thereby became the first person known to have introduced the plant north of the U.S.-Mexico border.
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