Metarungia is a small Afrotropical genus in the acanthus family of dicotyledonous flowering plants. They have large, colourful corollas, and are morphologically similar to Anisotes, which is also assumed to be bird-pollinated. They differ mainly in the dehiscence of the fruit capsule, and details of the placenta.
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0