Gitara

{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}} {{Speciesbox |status = LC |status_system = IUCN3.1 |status_ref = <ref name = iucn>{{cite iucn |author=Condit, R. |year=2020 |amends=2019 |title=''Gitara nicaraguensis'' |volume=2020 |article-number=e.T152151480A180751951 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T152151480A180751951.en |language=en |access-date=15 May 2026}}</ref> |display_parents = 4 |genus = Gitara |parent_authority = Pax & K.Hoffm. |species = nicaraguensis |authority = (Hemsl.) Card.-McTeag. & L.J.Gillespie |synonyms = *''Acidoton nicaraguensis'' {{small|(Hemsl.) G.L.Webster}} *''Acidoton venezolanus'' {{small|(Pax & K.Hoffm.) G.L.Webster}} *''Cleidion nicaraguense'' {{small|Hemsl.}} *''Gitara panamensis'' {{small|Croizat}} *''Gitara venezolana'' {{small|Pax & K.Hoffm.}} |synonyms_ref = <ref name = powo>{{cite web |title=''Gitara nicaraguensis'' (Hemsl.) Card.-McTeag. & L.J.Gillespie |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77157252-1 |website=Plants of the World Online |publisher=Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew |access-date=15 May 2026}}</ref> }}

'''''Gitara''''' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Euphorbiaceae. It includes a single species, '''''Gitara nicaraguensis''''', a shrub or tree native to the tropical Americas. It ranges from Guatemala through Central America and northern South America to Bolivia and northern Brazil.<ref name = powo/>

The species was first described as ''Cleidion nicaraguense'' by William Hemsley in 1883. In 2016 Warren M. Cardinal-McTeague and Lynn J. Gillespie placed the species in the newly-described genus ''Gitara'' as ''G. nicaraguensis''.<ref name = powo/>

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Category:Plukenetieae Category:Monotypic Euphorbiaceae genera Category:Flora of North Brazil Category:Flora of Central America Category:Flora of western South America Category:Flora of Venezuela Category:Least concern flora of Central America Category:Least concern flora of South America