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Metapetrocosmea

Metapetrocosmea is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Gesneriaceae. It includes ten species native to southern China, Hainan, and Vietnam.

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Metapetrocosmea
Metapetrocosmea tamiana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Embryophytes
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Spermatophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Gesneriaceae
Subfamily: Didymocarpoideae
Genus: Metapetrocosmea
W.T.Wang (1981)
Species1

10; see text

Synonyms

Deinostigma W.T.Wang & Z.Y.Li (1992)

Metapetrocosmea is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Gesneriaceae. It includes ten species native to southern China, Hainan, and Vietnam.1

A 2022 phylogenetic and morphological study by Peng-Wei Li et al. concluded that genus Deinostigma should be included in Metapetrocosmea.2 In 2016 Deinostigma had been expanded with the transfer of several species that had previously been place in the genus Primulina.3

Species

Ten species are accepted.1

  • Metapetrocosmea alba X.R.Zheng, P.S.Zou & S.P.Dai
  • Metapetrocosmea cicatricosa (W.T.Wang) Yin Z.Wang & P.W.Li
  • Metapetrocosmea cycnostyla (B.L.Burtt) Yin Z.Wang & P.W.Li
  • Metapetrocosmea cyrtocarpa (D.Fang & L.Zeng) Yin Z.Wang & P.W.Li
  • Metapetrocosmea eberhardtii (Pellegr.) Yin Z.Wang & P.W.Li
  • Metapetrocosmea fasciculata (W.H.Chen & Y.M.Shui) Yin Z.Wang & P.W.Li
  • Metapetrocosmea minutihamata (D.Wood) Yin Z.Wang & P.W.Li
  • Metapetrocosmea peltata (Merr. & Chun) W.T.Wang
  • Metapetrocosmea poilanei (Pellegr.) Yin Z.Wang & P.W.Li
  • Metapetrocosmea tamiana (B.L.Burtt) Yin Z.Wang & P.W.Li
References

References

  1. "Metapetrocosmea W.T.Wang | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 30 June 2024.
  2. Li, Peng-Wei & Fangpu, Liu & Han, Mengqi & Smith, James & Wang, Yin-Zheng. (2022). Molecular and Morphological Evidence Supports the Inclusion of Deinostigma into Metapetrocosmea (Gesneriaceae). Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden. 10.3417/2022767.
  3. M. Möller; K. Nishii; H.J. Atkins; H.H. Kong; M. Kang; Y.G. Wei; F. Wen; X. Hong & D.J. Middleton (2016), "An expansion of the genus Deinostigma (Gesneriaceae)" (PDF), Gardens' Bulletin Singapore, 68 (1): 145–172, doi:10.3850/S2382581216000119