-Plants (Kingdom Plantae)

-Vascular Plants (Phylum Tracheophyta)

-Flowering Plants (Subphylum Angiospermae)

-Dicots (Class Magnoliopsida)

-Nances, Willows, and Allies (Order Malpighiales)

-Spurge Family (Family Euphorbiaceae)

-Subfamily Acalyphoideae

-Tribe Plukenetieae

-Subtribe Dalechampiinae

-Spurgecreepers (Genus Dalechampia)

Similar to the Poinsettia, with many plants in this family, it is not the petals which produce the display, rather the bracts, modified leaves just below the flower. The native range of this genus is Mexico to Tropical America. Dalechampia are largely pollinated by resin- and fragrance-collecting bees.