Tavaresia


Tavaresia is a genus of plants in the family Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1902. It is native to southern Africa.
;Species
  1. Tavaresia angolensis Welw. - Angola
  2. Tavaresia barklyi N.E.Br. - South Africa
  3. Tavaresia grandiflora Berger - South Africa
  4. Tavaresia meintjesii R.A. Dyer - Limpopo
;formerly included
Tavaresia thompsoniorum ''van Jaarsv. & R.Nagel, syn of × Staparesia thompsoniorum G.D.Rowley
;Taxonomy
Phylogenetic studies have shown the genus to be most closely related to the genus Huernia, and to a widespread branch of stapeliads comprising the genera Orbea, Piaranthus and Stapelia''.