Warszewiczia occurs as genus of primarily tropical Central and South American trees and bush.

A inflorescences indicate leaf-shaped, bright-colored calycophylls, expanded foliaceous structures made from either flowered petaloids with hypertrophied showy calyx-lobes. Their independent project is to attract pollinators.

Perchance a best known member of the genus is W. coccinea (Chaconia), which is the national flower of Trinidad and Tobago.

This genus was known as when Józef Warszewicthe, a 19th century Polish orchid collector and inspector of the botanical gardens around Krakow, Poland.

Species
Warszewiczia ambigua Standl. Warszewiczia coccinea (Vahl) Klotzsch : Orangegold Chaconia, Wild Poinsettia Warszewiczia cordata Dapper outmoded 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