8030.000 Metarungia Baden

Description of the genus

Shrubs or subshrubs. Inflorescences terminal or axillary, cone-shaped or spicate. Calyx actinomorphic, 5-lobed. Corolla 2-lipped, yellowish-brown, with a distinct rugula in the emarginate upper lip; lower lip 3-lobed. Fertile stamens 2. Ovary with 2 ovules. Capsule woody, with elastic placental bases. Seeds without hygroscopic 1-seriate hairs.

Worldwide: 3 species in tropical and S Africa

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Species	Links to maps	FZ divisions	Content
pubinervia (T. Anderson) Baden	Altitude Rainfall Geology	W,E,S	Description

Other sources of information about Metarungia:

Flora of Mozambique: Metarungia
ePIC (electronic Plant Information Center): Metarungia
Flora Zambesiaca web site: Metarungia
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Metarungia
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Metarungia
Kew Herbarium catalogue: Metarungia

Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings, 2002-13

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. & Ballings, P. (2013). Flora of Zimbabwe: Genus page: Metarungia.
http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=1349, retrieved 25 May 2013

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