Metarungia

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|genus = Metarungia

|parent_authority = Baden (1981)

|species = galpinii

|authority = (Baden) Baden (1984)

|synonyms = Macrorungia galpinii {{small|Baden (1981)}}

|synonyms_ref = [https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:914231-1 Metarungia galpinii (Baden) Baden]. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 6 February 2024.

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Metarungia galpinii is a species of flowering plant in the family Acanthaceae of dicotyledonous flowering plants.{{cite journal |last1=Baden |first1=Claus |title=The genus Macrorungia (Acanthaceae), a taxonomic revision |journal=Nordic Journal of Botany |volume=1 |issue=2 |pages=143–153 | date = April 1981 |doi=10.1111/j.1756-1051.1981.tb00687.x }} It is a shrub endemic to the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa. It is the sole species in genus Metarungia.

It has a large, colourful corolla, and is morphologically similar to Anisotes,{{cite journal |last1=Darbyshire |first1=Iain |last2=Vollesen |first2=Kaj |last3=Chapman |first3=Hazel M. |title=A remarkable range disjunction recorded in Metarungia pubinervia (Acanthaceae) |journal=Kew Bulletin |date=23 January 2009 |volume=63 |issue=4 |pages=613–615 |doi=10.1007/s12225-008-9073-3 |s2cid=40176831 }} which is also assumed to be bird-pollinated. It differs mainly in the dehiscence of the fruit capsule, and details of the placenta.