''Warszewiczia'' (or ''Warscewiczia'') is a
genus of
flowering plants in the
family Rubiaceae. They are primarily tropical
Central
Central is an adjective usually referring to being in the center of some place or (mathematical) object.
Central may also refer to:
Directions and generalised locations
* Central Africa, a region in the centre of Africa continent, also known as ...
and
South American trees and shrubs. Perhaps the most famous member of the genus is ''
W. coccinea'' (chaconia), which is the national flower of
Trinidad and Tobago.
Description
The inflorescences show leaf-shaped, bright-colored
calycophylls, expanded foliaceous structures made from floral
petaloids with enlarged showy
calyx
Calyx or calyce (plural "calyces"), from the Latin ''calix'' which itself comes from the Ancient Greek ''κάλυξ'' (''kálux'') meaning "husk" or "pod", may refer to:
Biology
* Calyx (anatomy), collective name for several cup-like structures ...
-lobes. Their main task is to attract
pollinator
A pollinator is an animal that moves pollen from the male anther of a flower to the female stigma of a flower. This helps to bring about fertilization of the ovules in the flower by the male gametes from the pollen grains.
Insects are the maj ...
s.
Taxonomy
This genus was named after
Józef Warszewicz
Józef Warszewicz Ritter von Rawicz ( lt, 'Juozapas Varševičius') (8(?) September 1812, Vilnius – 29 December 1866, Cracow) was a Polish people, Polish botanist, plant and animal collector, and biologist.
Life
Born into an impoverished Poli ...
, a 19th-century Polish
orchid collector and inspector of the botanic gardens in
Kraków,
Poland. Warszawa is also the Polish name for Warsaw – capital city of Poland.
Species
External links
World Checklist of Rubiaceae
Rubiaceae genera
Dialypetalantheae
Taxa named by Johann Friedrich Klotzsch
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