{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}} {{Automatic taxobox |image = Tapirira guianensis.jpg |image_caption = Tapirira guianensis |taxon = Tapirira |authority = Aubl. (1775) |subdivision_ranks = Species |subdivision = See text |synonyms = *''Joncquetia'' {{small|Schreb. (1789)}} *''Marupa'' {{small|Miers (1873)}} *''Odina'' {{small|Netto (1866), nom. illeg.}} *''Salabertia'' {{small|Neck. (1790), opus utique oppr.}} |synonyms_ref = <ref name = powo>[https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:1934-1 ''Tapirira'' Aubl.] ''Plants of the World Online''. Retrieved 1 January 2024.</ref> }}

'''''Tapirira''''' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Anacardiaceae. It includes nine species native to the tropical Americas, ranging from southern Mexico through Central America and northern South America to Bolivia, Paraguay, and southern Brazil.<ref name = powo/>

==Species== {{As of|2024|January}}, ''Plants of the World Online'' accepts nine species.<ref name = powo/> *''Tapirira bethanniana'' {{Au|J.D.Mitch.}} *''Tapirira chimalapana'' {{Au|T.Wendt & J.D.Mitch.}} *''Tapirira guianensis'' {{Au|Aubl.}} *''Tapirira lepidota'' {{Au|Aguilar & Hammel}} *''Tapirira mexicana'' {{Au|Marchand}} *''Tapirira obtusa'' {{Au|(Benth.) J.D.Mitch.}} *''Tapirira pilosa'' {{Au|Sprague}} *''Tapirira retusa'' {{Au|Ducke}} *''Tapirira rubrinervis'' {{Au|Barfod}}

Selected synonyms include:

*''Tapirira marchandii'' {{Au|Engl.}} &mdash; synonym of ''Tapirira obtusa''

==References==

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==External links== {{Commons category-inline|Tapirira}}

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Category:Tapirira Category:Anacardiaceae genera Category:Flora of the Neotropical realm Category:Taxa named by Jean Baptiste Christophore Fusée Aublet

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