Tapirira

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Rosids
Cladus: Eurosids II
Ordo: Sapindales

Familia: Anacardiaceae
Subfamilia: Spondiadoideae
Genus: Tapirira
Species: T. bethanniana – T. chimalapana – T. guianensis – T. lepidota – T. mexicana – T. obtusa – T. pilosa – T. retusa – T. rubrinervis
Source(s) of checklist:

Hassler, M. 2018. Tapirira. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2018. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2018 Aug. 13. Reference page.

Name

Tapirira Aubl., Hist. Pl. Guiane 1: 470, t. 188. 1775.

Type species: Tapirira guianensis Aubl.

References

Barfod, A.S. 1999. A new species of Tapirira (Anacardiaceae) from Ecuador. Novon 9: 472–475.
Mori, S.A. & Mitchell, J.D. 1990. Tapirira bethanniana (Anacardiaceae) and Eschweilera piresii subsp. viridipetala (Lecythidaceae), two new taxa from central French Guiana. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 64: 229–234.
Wendt, T. & Mitchell, J.D. 1995. A new species of Tapirira (Anacardiaceae) from the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, Mexico. Brittonia 47: 101–108.

Links

Hassler, M. 2018. Tapirira. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2018. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2018 Aug. 13. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2018. Tapirira. Published online. Accessed: Aug. 13 2018.
The Plant List 2013. Tapirira in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2018 Aug. 13.
Tropicos.org 2018. Tapirira. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2018 Aug. 13.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Tapirira in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 09-Oct-10.

Tapirira is a genus of flowering plants in the family Anacardiaceae.

Species
Selected species

As of July 2020, Plants of the World online has 11 accepted species:[1]

Tapirira bethanniana J.D.Mitch.
Tapirira chimalapana T.Wendt & J.D.Mitch.
Tapirira cyrtocarpa Benth. & Hook.f. ex Hemsl.
Tapirira guianensis Aubl.
Tapirira lepidota Aguilar & Hammel
Tapirira mexicana Marchand

Tapirira obtusa (Benth.) J.D.Mitch.
Tapirira pilosa Sprague
Tapirira purpusii Brandegee
Tapirira retusa Ducke
Tapirira rubrinervis Barfod

Selected synonyms include:

Tapirira marchandii Engl. — synonym of Tapirira obtusa

References

Kew Science Plants of the World Online, retrieved 14 July 2020