Tavaresia is a genus of plants in the family Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1902.

[1] It is native to southern Africa.

[2][3] Tavaresia thompsoniorum van Jaarsv.

& R.Nagel, syn of × Staparesia thompsoniorum (van Jaarsv.

& R.Nagel) G.D.Rowley 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.