Metalasia

{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| image = Metalasia_muricata01.jpg

| image_caption =Metalasia muricata

| display_parents = 2

| taxon = Metalasia

| authority = R.Br.

| synonyms_ref = [http://dixon.iplantcollaborative.org/CompositaeWeb/default.aspx?Page=NameDetails&TabNum=0&NameId=79defcc3-ba9a-463e-854d-f11ad2d7eeda Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist ] {{webarchive |url=https://archive.today/20141218233402/http://dixon.iplantcollaborative.org/CompositaeWeb/default.aspx?Page=NameDetails&TabNum=0&NameId=79defcc3-ba9a-463e-854d-f11ad2d7eeda |date=2014-12-18 }}

| synonyms =

• Erythropogon DC.
• Endoleuca Cass.

}}

Metalasia is a genus of African flowering plants in the tribe Gnaphalieae within the family Asteraceae.Robert Brown. 1817. Observations on the Natural Family of Plants Called Compositae page 124[http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40017942 Tropicos, Metalasia R. Br.][http://www.ipni.org/ipni/idPlantNameSearch.do?id=10017-1&back_page=%2Fipni%2FeditAdvPlantNameSearch.do%3Ffind_infragenus%3D%26find_geoUnit%3D%26find_includePublicationAuthors%3Dtrue%26find_addedSince%3D%26find_family%3D%26find_genus%3DMetalasia%26find_infrafamily%3D%26find_rankToReturn%3Dgen%26find_publicationTitle%3D%26find_authorAbbrev%3D%26find_infraspecies%3D%26find_includeBasionymAuthors%3Dtrue%26find_modifiedSince%3D%26find_species%3D%26output_format%3Dnormal The International Plant Names Index]

; Species

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• Metalasia acuta
• Metalasia adunca
• Metalasia agathosmoides
• Metalasia albescens
• Metalasia alfredii
• Metalasia aurea
• Metalasia bodkinii
• Metalasia brevifolia
• Metalasia calcicola
• Metalasia capitata
• Metalasia cephalotes
• Metalasia compacta
• Metalasia confusa
• Metalasia cymbifolia
• Metalasia densa
• Metalasia distans
• Metalasia divergens
• Metalasia dregeana
• Metalasia erectifolia
• Metalasia erubescens
• Metalasia fastigiata
• Metalasia galpinii
• Metalasia humilis
• Metalasia inversa
• Metalasia juniperoides
• Metalasia lichtensteinii
• Metalasia luteola
• Metalasia massonii
• Metalasia montana
• Metalasia muraltiifolia
• Metalasia muricata
• Metalasia octoflora
• Metalasia oligocephala
• Metalasia pallida
• Metalasia phillipsii
• Metalasia plicata
• Metalasia pulchella
• Metalasia pulcherrima
• Metalasia pungens
• Metalasia quinqueflora
• Metalasia rhoderoides
• Metalasia riparia
• Metalasia rogersii
• Metalasia seriphiifolia
• Metalasia serrata
• Metalasia serrulata
• Metalasia strictifolia
• Metalasia tenuifolia
• Metalasia tenuis
• Metalasia tricolor
• Metalasia trivialis
• Metalasia umbelliformis

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