Metapetrocosmea

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
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

Ten 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