Metarungia
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Asterids |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Acanthaceae |
| Genus: | Metarungia Baden, 1981 |
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Metarungia is a small Afrotropical genus in the acanthus family 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]
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- ↑ Baden, Claus (April 1981). "The genus Macrorungia (Acanthaceae), a taxonomic revision". Nordic Journal of Botany 1 (2): 143–153. doi:10.1111/j.1756-1051.1981.tb00687.x.
- 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): 613–615. doi:10.1007/s12225-008-9073-3.
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