Warszewiczia

Taxobox
name = "Warszewiczia"

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image_width = 250px
image_caption = "Warszewiczia coccinea"
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Gentianales
familia = Rubiaceae
tribus = Rondeletieae
genus = "Warszewiczia"
genus_authority = Klotzsch
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = See text.

"Warszewiczia" (or "Warscewiczia") is a genus of primarily tropical Central and South American trees and shrubs.

The inflorescences show leaf-shaped, bright-colored calycophylls, expanded foliaceous structures made from floral petaloids with enlarged showy calyx-lobes. Their main task is to attract pollinators.

Perhaps the most famous member of the genus is "W. coccinea" (Chaconia), which is the national flower of Trinidad and Tobago.

This genus was named after Józef Warszewicz, a 19th-century Polish orchid collector and inspector of the botanic gardens in Kraków, Poland.

Species

* "Warszewiczia ambigua" Standl.
* "Warszewiczia coccinea" (Vahl) Klotzsch : Orangegold Chaconia, Wild Poinsettia
* "Warszewiczia cordata" Spruce ex K. Schum.
* "Warszewiczia elata" Ducke
* "Warszewiczia longistaminea" K. Schum.
* "Warszewiczia obovata" Ducke
* "Warszewiczia peltata" Wedd.
* "Warszewiczia schwackei" K. Schum.
* "Warszewiczia tomentosa" H. Karst.
* "Warszewiczia uxpanapensis" (Lorence) C.M. Taylor (syn. "Elaeagia uxpanapensis" Lorence): Uxpanapa Chaconia
** "Warszewiczia uxpanapensis" subsp. "meridionalis" C.M. Taylor : Southern Uxpanapa Chaconia