Metapetrocosmea Explained

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

A 2022 phylogenetic and morphological study by Peng-Wei Li et al. concluded that genus Deinostigma should be included in Metapetrocosmea.^[1] In 2016 Deinostigma had been expanded with the transfer of several species that had previously been place in the genus Primulina.

Species

Ten species are accepted.

• Metapetrocosmea alba
• Metapetrocosmea cicatricosa
• Metapetrocosmea cycnostyla
• Metapetrocosmea cyrtocarpa
• Metapetrocosmea eberhardtii
• Metapetrocosmea fasciculata
• Metapetrocosmea minutihamata
• Metapetrocosmea peltata
• Metapetrocosmea poilanei
• Metapetrocosmea tamiana

Notes and References

1. 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.