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POINSETTIA [8 records]

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Record 1 2022-02-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Seed Plants (Spermatophyta)
Universal entry(ies)
Euphorbia leucocephala
Latin
OBS

A plant of the family Euphorbiaceae.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Plantes à graines (Spermatophyta)
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
Euphorbia leucocephala
Latin
OBS

Plante de la famille des Euphorbiaceae.

Spanish

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Record 2 2020-05-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Fish
Universal entry(ies)
Sebastes elongatus
Latin
CONT

The greenstriped rockfish (Sebastes elongatus) [has a] relatively slim body … Greenstriped rockfish are easily identified from other rockfishes by their distinct color pattern, which includes four green horizontal stripes. The background color for both adults and juveniles ranges from reddish to white when seen underwater. Areas of the body often turn red or orange after capture.

OBS

A fish of the family Scorpaenidae.

Key term(s)
  • green striped rockfish

French

Domaine(s)
  • Poissons
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
Sebastes elongatus
Latin
OBS

Poisson de la famille des Scorpaenidae.

Spanish

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Record 3 2016-02-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Botany
  • Medicinal Plants
Universal entry(ies)
Pedilanthus tithymaloides
Latin
OBS

Authors: (L.) Poit.; a succulent shrub with milky juice of the family Euphorbiaceae (Spurge family). The scientific name Euphorbia tithymaloides is obsolete. Habitat: Tropical Americas. It is also known under the scientific name: Euphorbia tithymaloides.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Botanique
  • Culture des plantes médicinales
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
Pedilanthus tithymaloides
Latin
OBS

Pedilanthus tithymaloides croît aux Antilles et en Amérique du Sud. Sa racine fournit une drogue émétique, l'ipéca de Saint-Dominique. Famille des euphorbiacées.

Spanish

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Record 4 2016-01-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Botany
  • Flowers and Ornamentals (Horticulture)
Universal entry(ies)
Euphorbia pulcherrima
Latin
DEF

A common name for the well-known Christmas plant, with scarlet or white leaflike bracts surrounding the clustered small yellow true flowers.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Botanique
  • Floriculture
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
Euphorbia pulcherrima
Latin
OBS

Euphorbia pulcherrima (ou Poinsettia pulcherrima), de la Jamaïque ou du Mexique, est [...] connue [...] avec ses ombelles florifères à cinq rayons qui portent [...] deux grandes bractées ovales du plus beau rouge vif.

Spanish

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Record 5 2011-10-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Horticulture
  • Flowers and Ornamentals (Horticulture)
DEF

A paper or plastic film cone of cylinder to be placed around pot plants for their protection in shipping. (Nelson, K.S., Flower and Plant Production in the Green House, Danville, Illin. Interstate Printers and Publishers, 2nd, ed. 1967, p. 320 (illustr) 222)

CONT

Before venturing outside, place the poinsettia in a plant sleeve or carefully wrap it to prevent exposure to cold temperatures. Exposure to freezing temperatures, even for a brief moment, may cause the leaves to blacken and drop. As soon as you get home, unwrap the plant and place it near a sunny window or other well-lighted area. However, don’t let the plant touch the cold window pane.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Horticulture
  • Floriculture

Spanish

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Record 6 2011-02-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Botany
  • Plant Biology
  • Plant and Crop Production
DEF

A plant which requires light for a shorter period than it would normally receive from daylight in order to induce flowering; e. g Chrysanthemum and Poinsettia.

CONT

Other plants, however, use photoperiodism to time the flowering response. These plants fall into two major groups that are traditionally designated as long-day and short-day plants.

CONT

Short-day plants, such as many chrysanthemums, typically time their flowering for fall or winter when the nights are progressively lengthening.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Botanique
  • Biologie végétale
  • Cultures (Agriculture)
DEF

[...] plante [...] qui ne [fleurit] qu'après des périodes d'obscurité supérieures à un seuil [...]

CONT

Garner et Allard notèrent que plusieurs espèces fleurissaient après une série de jours courts ou de nuits longues, comme le suggérèrent les études ultérieures. Ces espèces, comme le xanthium, le chrysanthème, la poinsettia et le volubilis, furent baptisées plantes nyctipériodiques (plantes de jour court); d'autres, comme la betterave, l'aneth, l'ivraie, l'épinard, la jusquiame, le radis, une variété de tabac ainsi que de nombreuses céréales, désignées sous le nom de plantes héméropériodiques (plantes de jour long), suivent le processus inverse : elles commencent à éclore lorsque les jours s'allongent.

CONT

Nyctipériodique. Se dit d'un végétal qui exige des nuits longues pour pouvoir fleurir. (On distingue les plantes nyctipériodiques «préférantes» (leur floraison est seulement favorisée par les jours courts) et les plantes nyctipériodiques «absolues» qui, pour fleurir, ont absolument besoin de nuits longues (certains chrysanthèmes].

Key term(s)
  • plante de jours courts
  • nyctipériodique

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Botánica
  • Biología vegetal
  • Producción vegetal
DEF

Planta que florece cuando el período de oscuridad es más largo que cierto valor crítico.

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Record 7 - external organization data 2008-12-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Provincial Government Programs (Canadian)
  • Plant and Crop Production
  • Compartment - Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
OBS

[Duponchelia] is native to the southern Mediterranean and the Canary Islands, but in the last 20 years has been found increasingly in greenhouses in more temperate areas of northern Europe. The Canadian infestations are thought to have been introduced on imported plant material, and while they can survive happily in the greenhouse, they would not survive outside during the Canadian winter.

OBS

The moth has a broad host range and can affect crops such as begonia, gerbera, cyclamen, anthurium, kalanchoe, poinsettia, and rose as well as many other crops, including aquatic plants, corn and greenhouse vegetables such as peppers.

OBS

Title used at Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de programmes de gouvernements provinciaux canadiens
  • Cultures (Agriculture)
  • Tiroir - Agriculture et Agroalimentaire Canada
OBS

[Le Duponchelia est un insecte] indigène du sud de la région méditerranéenne et des Îles Canaries. Toutefois, au cours des 20 dernières années, on l'a de plus en plus rencontré dans les serres des régions plus tempérées du nord de l'Europe. On pense que les infestations du Canada ont été occasionnées par l'importation de matériel végétal. Bien qu'il puisse facilement survivre dans une serre, il ne pourra pas survivre à l'extérieur dans les conditions de nos hivers canadiens.

OBS

Le papillon compte une grande variété de plantes hôtes et peut affecter des cultures telles que begonia, gerbera, cyclamen, anthurium, kalanchoe, poinsettia et rose, ainsi que plusieurs autres cultures, y compris les plantes aquatiques, le maïs et les légumes de serre comme le poivron.

OBS

Titre en usage à Agriculture et Agroalimentaire Canada.

Spanish

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Record 8 1985-06-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Plant Diseases
OBS

Plant disease caused by Rhizoctonia solani Kuhn.

Key term(s)
  • stem and root rot of poinsettia

French

Domaine(s)
  • Maladies des plantes
OBS

Maladie des plantes causée par Rhizoctonia solani Kuhn.

Spanish

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