Warszewiczia
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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.
[edit] 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
