| Gitara | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Embryophytes |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Spermatophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Malpighiales |
| Family: | Euphorbiaceae |
| Subfamily: | Acalyphoideae |
| Tribe: | Plukenetieae |
| Subtribe: | Tragiinae |
| Genus: | Gitara Pax & K.Hoffm. |
| Species: | G. nicaraguensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Gitara nicaraguensis (Hemsl.) Card.-McTeag. & L.J.Gillespie
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| Synonyms2 | |
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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.2
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.2
References
References
- Condit, R. (2020) [amended version of 2019 assessment]. "Gitara nicaraguensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020 e.T152151480A180751951. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T152151480A180751951.en. Retrieved 15 May 2026.
- "Gitara nicaraguensis (Hemsl.) Card.-McTeag. & L.J.Gillespie". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 15 May 2026.