Rubiaceae

Chaconia

Warszewiczia coccinea (Vahl) Klotzsch

Family: Rubiaceae
Genus: Warszewiczia

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Chaconia: Ranges from Nicaragua to Bolivia under names such as Pastora and Zorilla Bandera. Photo from Sarapiqui Valley, Costa Rica. In context at www.dixpix.ca/meso_amer — Photo: Dick Culbert from Gibsons, B.C., Canada, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (10)

Catalan: Chacònia, Orgull de Trinitat, Ponsètia salvatge
Cebuano: Chaconia
Chinese: 红缎花
English: Chaconia
Japanese: ショウジョウトラノオ
Persian: چاکونیا, وارسزویکزا کوککینیا, کوکینیای ورشوی
Quechua: Yawar k'aspi, Warszeswiczia coccinea, Yawark'aspi
Spanish: Chaconia, Orgullo de Trinidad Tobago, Poinsettia salvaje
Swedish: Chaconia
war: Chaconia

Synonyms

Aegiphila macrophylla Sieber ex Schauer
Calycophyllum coccineum (Vahl) DC.
Macrocnemum coccineum Vahl
Mussaenda coccinea (Vahl) Poir.
Warszewiczia macrophylla Wedd.
Warszewiczia maynensis Wedd.
Warszewiczia poeppigiana Klotzsch
Warszewiczia pulcherrima Klotzsch
Warszewiczia schomburgkiana Klotzsch
Warszewiczia splendens Wedd.

Photos

Photo: Dick Culbert from Gibsons, B.C., Canada, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Dick Culbert from Gibsons, B.C., Canada, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.