Sunbird bushes
Flowers of M. longistrobus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Acanthaceae
Subfamily: Acanthoideae
Tribe: Justicieae
Genus: Metarungia
Baden, 1981
Species

Metarungia is a small Afrotropical genus in the family Acanthaceae of dicotyledonous flowering plants.[1] They have large, colourful corollas, and are morphologically similar to Anisotes,[2] which is also assumed to be bird-pollinated. They differ mainly in the dehiscence of the fruit capsule, and details of the placenta.[2]

References

  1. โ†‘ Baden, Claus (April 1981). "The genus Macrorungia (Acanthaceae), a taxonomic revision". Nordic Journal of Botany. 1 (2): 143โ€“153. doi:10.1111/j.1756-1051.1981.tb00687.x.
  2. 1 2 Darbyshire, Iain; Vollesen, Kaj; Chapman, Hazel M. (23 January 2009). "A remarkable range disjunction recorded in Metarungia pubinervia (Acanthaceae)". Kew Bulletin. 63 (4): 613โ€“615. doi:10.1007/s12225-008-9073-3. S2CID 40176831.
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