Tapirira
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Tapirira is a genus
of flowering plant
s in the cashew family Anacardiaceae
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Selected species:
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of flowering plant
Flowering plant
The flowering plants , also known as Angiospermae or Magnoliophyta, are the most diverse group of land plants. Angiosperms are seed-producing plants like the gymnosperms and can be distinguished from the gymnosperms by a series of synapomorphies...
s in the cashew family Anacardiaceae
Anacardiaceae
Anacardiaceae are a family of flowering plants bearing fruits that are drupes and in some cases producing urushiol, an irritant. Anacardiaceae include numerous genera with several of economic importance. Notable plants in this family include cashew , mango, poison ivy, sumac, smoke tree, and marula...
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Selected species:
- Tapirira benthannianaTapirira benthannianaTapirira benthanniana is a species of plant in the Anacardiaceae family....
- Tapirira chimalapanaTapirira chimalapanaTapirira chimalapana is a species of plant in the Anacardiaceae family. It is endemic to Mexico.-Source:* World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1998. . Downloaded on 23 August 2007....
- Tapirira guianensisTapirira guianensisTapirira guianensis is a species of plant in the Anacardiaceae family. It is native to Cerrado vegetation in Brazil....
- Tapirira marchandiiTapirira marchandiiTapirira marchandii is a species of plant in the Anacardiaceae family. It is native to Cerrado vegetation in Brazil....
- Tapirira mexicanaTapirira mexicanaTapirira mexicana is a species of rainforest tree in the Anacardiaceae family. The tree requires intense sunlight for its saplings to establish....
- Tapirira obtusaTapirira obtusaTapirira obtusa is a species of plant in the Anacardiaceae family. It is native to Cerrado vegetation in Brazil....