Metapetrocosmea is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Gesneriaceae. It includes ten species native to southern China, Hainan, and Vietnam.[1]
Metapetrocosmea | |
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Metapetrocosmea tamiana | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Lamiales |
Family: | Gesneriaceae |
Subfamily: | Didymocarpoideae |
Genus: | Metapetrocosmea W.T.Wang (1981) |
Species[1] | |
10; see text | |
Synonyms | |
Deinostigma W.T.Wang & Z.Y.Li (1992) |
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
editTen 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
edit- ^ a b c "Metapetrocosmea W.T.Wang | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 30 June 2024.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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