Kaliwatan sa tanom nga bulak ang Metalasia pulcherrima.^[1] Una ning gihulagway ni Christian Friedrich Lessing.^[2] Ang Metalasia pulcherrima sakop sa kahenera nga Metalasia, ug kabanay nga Asteraceae.^[1][3]

Kini nga matang hayop na sabwag sa:

• Habagatang Aprika
  • Province of the Western Cape

Usa ka matang nga nahiubos niini atong makita M. p. pallescens.^[1]

Ang mga gi basihan niini

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Roskov Y., Kunze T., Orrell T., Abucay L., Paglinawan L., Culham A., Bailly N., Kirk P., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Decock W., De Wever A., Didžiulis V. (ed) (2019). "Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2019 Annual Checklist". Species 2000: Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands. ISSN 2405-884X. TaxonID: 53620710. Retrieved 2019-11-11. ((cite web)): |author= has generic name (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
2. ↑ Less. (1832) , In: Syn. Comp. 340
3. ↑ Hassler M. (2019). World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World (version Nov 2018). In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life, 2019 Annual Checklist (Roskov Y., Ower G., Orrell T., Nicolson D., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., DeWalt R.E., Decock W., Nieukerken E. van, Zarucchi J., Penev L., eds.). Digital resource at www.catalogueoflife.org/annual-checklist/2019. Species 2000: Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands. ISSN 2405-884X.