Guettarda

Taxobox
name = "Guettarda"


image_width = 240px
image_caption = "Guettarda speciosa"
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
subclassis = Asteridae
unranked_ordo = Euasterids I
ordo = Gentianales
familia = Rubiaceae
subfamilia = Cinchonoideae
tribus = Guettardeae
genus = "Guettarda"
genus_authority = L.
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = Several, see text

"Guettarda" is a plant genus in the family Rubiaceae. Most of these plants are known by the common name Velvetseed. The genus was named in honour of the 18th century French naturalist Jean-Étienne Guettard.

Species include:
* "Guettarda angelica" Mart.
* "Guettarda comata" Standl.
* "Guettarda elliptica" - Oval-leaf velvetseed
* "Guettarda frangulifolia" Urb.
* "Guettarda insularis"
* "Guettarda krugii"
* "Guettarda longiflora" Griseb.
* "Guettarda noumeana" Baillon
* "Guettarda ochreata" Schltdl.
* "Guettarda odorata"
* "Guettarda retusa" – Cuban Guettarda Tree – extinct (1975?)Verify source|date=November 2007
* "Guettarda scabra" - Rough-leaf velvetseed
* "Guettarda speciosa" L. - Beach gardenia