Warszewiczia coccinea

(Vahl) Klotzsch (1853)

This name is accepted

Kingdom: Viridiplantae Phylum: Magnoliophyta Class/Clade: Eudicot-Asterids Order: Gentianales Family: Rubiaceae Genus: Warszewiczia

chaconia, pride of trinidad and tobago, wild poinsettia

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Statewide Status

Only found in cultivation

Island Status

Kaua'i Only found in cultivation
O'ahu Only found in cultivation

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Name Published In: Ber. Bekanntm. Verh. Königl. Preuss. Akad. Wiss. Berlin 1853: 497 (1853)

Occurrences

SNo. Scientific Name Locality Habitat Basis of Record Description Recorded By Record Number Island Source Date
1 Warszewiczia coccinea Koloa District. National Tropical Botanical Garden, McBryde Garden in Lawai Valley, Zingiberales collection near Pump House 6, behind pump keepers cottage, along trail just N of Allerton Garden boundary. Cultivated Preserved_Specimen Samll tree 4 m w spreading canopy. Lvs dark green. Inflr. terminal, calycophylls bright crimson; flrs w orange-yellow corolla, tube paler, hypanthium green, not fragrant (10am). Capsules green. Ex hort Lyon Arb. Lorence, D.H. 10772 Kauai BISH 2018-12-05
2 Warszewiczia coccinea Koloa District. Lawai Valley. National Tropcial Botanical Garden, Pump 6, Allerton Garden Cultivated Preserved_Specimen 4 meter high tree, medium-dark green leaves with lighter mid-vein, light grenn underside. Red bracts, small orange flowers Albert-Lyons, R. 7 Kauai BISH 2019-01-25
3 Warszewiczia coccinea Pacific Heights Rd In full sun Preserved_Specimen tree 3 m tall with a rounded crown. Enlarged sepals crimson. Corolla orange. Flowers odorless Lau, J. 1780 Oahu BISH 1985-12-26
4 Warszewiczia coccinea Honolulu; Lyon Arboretum Preserved_Specimen Shrub 5 m tall; bracts red; corollas red. Miller, J.S. 7843 Oahu BISH 1992-07-29
5 Warszewiczia coccinea Lyon Arboretum Preserved_Specimen Flowers red. Tree 25 ft. high. Diameter 4 inches Osgood, R.V. 202 Oahu BISH 1965-06-25
6 Warszewiczia coccinea Kaneohe. 47-532 Pulama Rd. (Private land holding) Preserved_Specimen Perennial shrub to 3m; floral bracts orange. Annable, C.R. 3941 Oahu BISH 1999-03-18
7 Warszewiczia coccinea Lyon Arboretum Preserved_Specimen Flowers red. Tree 25 ft. high. Diameter 4 inches Osgood, R.V. 202 Oahu BISH 1965-06-25