Euphorbia subg. Poinsettia Euphorbia subg. Poinsettia Euphorbia" subg. "Poinsettia is a subgenus deriving from the genus "Euphorbia", and is endemic to North America. <nowiki> </nowiki>It contains around 24 species, of which the best known is "E. pulcherrima", the poinsettia. This species grows wild in the mountains on the Pacific slope of Mexico, and despite many legends, no one is quite sure from which wild populations the cultivated varieties derive. This taxon was first published at genus rank under the name Poinsettia by Robert Graham in 1836. It was demoted to a section of "Euphorbia" as E." sect. "Poinsettia by Henri Ernest Baillon in
2012 Poinsettia Bowl 2012 Poinsettia Bowl The 2012 San Diego County Credit Union Poinsettia Bowl is a post-season American college football bowl game held on December 20, 2012 at Qualcomm Stadium in San Diego, California in the United States. The eighth edition of the Poinsettia Bowl began at 5:00 p.m. PST and aired on ESPN. It featured the Mountain West Conference co-champion San Diego State Aztecs (whose regular home stadium is Qualcomm) against the BYU Cougars (which had been in the MW until 2011 before playing as an FBS independent), and was the final game of the 2012 NCAA Division I FBS football