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Metarungia
Sign in to saveMetarungia galpinii is a species of flowering plant in the family Acanthaceae of dicotyledonous flowering plants. It is a shrub endemic to the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa. It is the sole species in genus Metarungia.
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Within Vinony's link graph, Metarungia is referenced by 5 other articles, and connects out to Acanthoideae, South Africa and plant.
It sits within the topics Acanthaceae, Endemic flora of the Cape Provinces and Monotypic Acanthaceae genera.
Its subject is documented across 6 Wikipedia language editions.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderLamiales
- FamilyAcanthaceae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 4
- With media
- 4
- Family
- Acanthaceae
- Collections
- CAS
- Recorded in
- South Africa, Nigeria, Tanzania
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- Metarungia longistrobus.jpg
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Metarungia galpinii is a species of flowering plant in the family Acanthaceae of dicotyledonous flowering plants. It is a shrub endemic to the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa. It is the sole species in genus Metarungia.
It has a large, colourful corolla, and is morphologically similar to Anisotes, which is also assumed to be bird-pollinated. It differs mainly in the dehiscence of the fruit capsule, and details of the placenta.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Metarungia” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.