Cipura

{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}}

{{Automatic taxobox

|image = Cipura flava 1.jpg

|image_caption = Cipura xanthomelas

|display_parents = 2

|taxon = Cipura

|authority = Aubl.

|type_species = Cipura paludosia

|type_species_authority = Aubl.

|synonyms_ref =

|synonyms =

• Bauxia Neck.
• Marica Schreb.

}}

Cipura is a genus of perennial, herbaceous and bulbous plants in the family Iridaceae, related to the genus Cypella. The plants are widely distributed in Mexico, Central, the West Indies, and South America.[http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=327049 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families]Celis, M., Peter Goldblatt & Julio Betancurc. [https://www.jstor.org/pss/3393372 A New Species of Cipura (Iridaceae) from Colombia and Venezuela.] Novon Vol. 13, No. 4, pp. 419–422.Peter Goldblatt, James E. Henrich. [https://www.jstor.org/pss/2399404 Notes on Cipura (Iridaceae) in South and Central America, and a New Species from Venezuela]. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden, Vol. 74, No. 2 (1987), pp. 333-340

; Species

• Cipura campanulata Ravenna – from central Mexico to northern Brazil
• Cipura formosa Ravenna – eastern + central Brazil
• Cipura gigas Celis, Goldblatt & Betancur - Colombia + Venezuela.
• Cipura insularis Ravenna – western Cuba
• Cipura paludosa Aubl. – Mexico, South America (as far south as Paraguay), Central America, and the West Indies; naturalized in India
• Cipura paradisiaca Ravenna – Goiás State in Brazil
• Cipura rupicola Goldblatt & Henrich – eastern Colombia + southern Venezuela
• Cipura xanthomelas Maxim. ex Klatt – eastern + central Brazil