Gyranthera

{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}}

{{Automatic taxobox

|image = Arbol gran cucharon (Henri Pittier, Venezuela).jpg

|image_caption = Gyranthera caribensis

|taxon = Gyranthera

|authority = Pittier

|subdivision_ranks = Species

|subdivision = 3, see text

|}}

Gyranthera is a genus of tropical trees of South America and Central America in the family Malvaceae.

There are 3 species.[http://www.theplantlist.org/1.1/browse/A/Malvaceae/Gyranthera/ Gyranthera.] The Plant List.Palacio, W. 2012. [http://www.scielo.org.co/pdf/cal/v34n1/v34n1a6.pdf Cuatro especies nuevas de árboles del ecuador.] Caldasia; Vol. 34, núm. 1, 2357-3759. Gyranthera caribensis is a tall (up to 60 metres) buttressed tree, which grows in the Cordillera de la Costa montane forests of northern Venezuela. Gyranthera darienensis is a threatened species endemic to Panama. Gyranthera amphibiolepis was newly described in 2012.