{{Short description|Genus of plants}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = Chirita tamiana 02.jpg | image_caption = ''Metapetrocosmea tamiana'' |taxon = Metapetrocosmea |authority = [[W.T.Wang]] (1981) |subdivision_ranks = Species |subdivision = 10; see text |subdivision_ref = <ref name = powo>{{cite web |title=''Metapetrocosmea'' W.T.Wang {{!}} Plants of the World Online {{!}} Kew Science |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:893077-1 |website=Plants of the World Online |access-date=30 June 2024|language=en}}</ref> |synonyms = ''Deinostigma'' {{small|W.T.Wang & Z.Y.Li (1992)}} }}
'''''Metapetrocosmea''''' is a genus of [[flowering plant]]s belonging to the family [[Gesneriaceae]]. It includes ten species native to southern China, Hainan, and Vietnam.<ref name=powo/>
A 2022 phylogenetic and morphological study by Peng-Wei Li ''et al.'' concluded that genus ''Deinostigma'' should be included in ''Metapetrocosmea''.<ref>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.</ref> In 2016 ''Deinostigma'' had been expanded with the transfer of several species that had previously been place in the genus ''[[Primulina]]''.<ref name="Möller">{{citation |url=https://www.sbg.org.sg/images/4_4_Research_Gardens_Bulletin/4_4_68_1_pdf_Vol_68_Part_1_2016/4_4_68_1_145_y2016_V68P1_GBS_pg145.pdf |title=An expansion of the genus ''Deinostigma'' (Gesneriaceae) |author=M. Möller |author2=K. Nishii |author3=H.J. Atkins |author4=H.H. Kong |author5=M. Kang |author6=Y.G. Wei |author7=F. Wen |author8= X. Hong |author9=D.J. Middleton |name-list-style=amp |journal=Gardens' Bulletin Singapore |volume=68 |issue=1 |pages=145–172 |year=2016 |doi=10.3850/S2382581216000119}}</ref>
==Species== Ten species are accepted.<ref name=powo/> *''[[Metapetrocosmea alba]]'' {{small|X.R.Zheng, P.S.Zou & S.P.Dai}} *''[[Metapetrocosmea cicatricosa]]'' {{small|(W.T.Wang) Yin Z.Wang & P.W.Li}} *''[[Metapetrocosmea cycnostyla]]'' {{small|(B.L.Burtt) Yin Z.Wang & P.W.Li}} *''[[Metapetrocosmea cyrtocarpa]]'' {{small|(D.Fang & L.Zeng) Yin Z.Wang & P.W.Li}} *''[[Metapetrocosmea eberhardtii]]'' {{small|(Pellegr.) Yin Z.Wang & P.W.Li}} *''[[Metapetrocosmea fasciculata]]'' {{small|(W.H.Chen & Y.M.Shui) Yin Z.Wang & P.W.Li}} *''[[Metapetrocosmea minutihamata]]'' {{small|(D.Wood) Yin Z.Wang & P.W.Li}} *''[[Metapetrocosmea peltata]]'' {{small|(Merr. & Chun) W.T.Wang}} *''[[Metapetrocosmea poilanei]]'' {{small|(Pellegr.) Yin Z.Wang & P.W.Li}} *''[[Metapetrocosmea tamiana]]'' {{small|(B.L.Burtt) Yin Z.Wang & P.W.Li}}
==References== {{Reflist}}
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[[Category:Didymocarpoideae]] [[Category:Gesneriaceae genera]] [[Category:Taxa described in 1981]]