Metzgeria is a genus of thalloid liverworts in the family Metzgeriaceae.
Taxonomy The genus was named in honor of Johann Metzger (1771–1844), a German copper engraver and art restorer from Staufen im Breisgau, in Baden-Württemberg, a friend of Giuseppe Raddi and pupil of the great Florentine engraver Raffaello Sanzio Morghen (1753–1833).K. Danz 2003. ‘Florenz ist die Schazkammer von klassischen Gemälden’. Der Florentiner Kunstmarkt im beginnenden 19. Jahrundert und die Gemäldesammlung Ludwigs I. von Bayern. PhD thesis, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität, Freiburg.
Species Species may be either monoicous or dioicous. Approximately 120 to 200 species of Metzgeria have been described and the following species are currently recognised:
Metzgeria acuminata Steph. Metzgeria adscendens Steph. ex K.I. Goebel Metzgeria agnewii Kuwah. Metzgeria albinea Spruce Metzgeria allionii Steph. Metzgeria alpina J.J. Engel & R.M. Schust. Metzgeria americana Masuzaki Metzgeria attenuata Steph. Metzgeria aurantiaca Steph. Metzgeria auriculata Grolle & Kuwah. Metzgeria bahiensis Schiffn. Metzgeria bartlettii Kuwah. Metzgeria bischlerae Kuwah. Metzgeria bracteata Spruce Metzgeria brasiliensis Schiffn. Metzgeria chilensis Steph. Metzgeria ciliata Raddi Metzgeria clavaeflora Spruce Metzgeria cleefii Kuwah. Metzgeria comata Steph. Metzgeria conjugata Lindb. Metzgeria consanguinea Schiffn. Metzgeria convoluta Steph. Metzgeria coorgense S.C. Srivast. & S. Srivast. Metzgeria corralensis Steph. Metzgeria crassipilis (Lindb.) A. Evans Metzgeria cratoneura Schiffn. Metzgeria decrescens Steph. Metzgeria deniseana Gradst. & Ilk.-Borg. Metzgeria dichotoma (Sw.) Nees Metzgeria divaricata A. Evans Metzgeria dorsipara (Herzog) Kuwah. Metzgeria duricosta Steph. Metzgeria engelii Kuwah. Metzgeria epiphylla A. Evans Metzgeria filicina Mitt. Metzgeria flavovirens Colenso Metzgeria foliicola Schiffn. Metzgeria francana Steph. Metzgeria frontipilis Lindb. Metzgeria fruticola Spruce Metzgeria fukuokana Kuwah. Metzgeria furcata (L.) Corda Metzgeria grandiflora A. Evans Metzgeria hasselii Kuwah. Metzgeria hebridensis Steph. Metzgeria hegewaldii Kuwah. Metzgeria herminieri Schiffn. Metzgeria heteroramea Steph. Metzgeria holzii Gradst. & A.R. Benitez Metzgeria imberbis J.B. Jack & Steph. Metzgeria inflata Steph. Metzgeria jamesonii Kuwah. Metzgeria kanaii Kuwah. Metzgeria kinabaluensis Masuzaki Metzgeria kuwaharae Piippo Metzgeria laciniata Kuwah. Metzgeria lechleri Steph. Metzgeria leptoneura Spruce Metzgeria liebmanniana Lindenb. & Gottsche Metzgeria lindbergii Schiffn. Metzgeria litoralis J.J. Engel & Kuwah. Metzgeria longitexta Steph. Metzgeria macrospora Kuwah. Metzgeria macveanii Kuwah. Metzgeria maegdefraui Kuwah. Metzgeria magellanica Schiffn. Metzgeria mexicana Steph. Metzgeria mizoramensis Sushil K. Singh & D. Singh Metzgeria monoica Kuwah. & J.J. Engel Metzgeria myriopoda Lindb. Metzgeria neotropica Kuwah. Metzgeria nudifrons Steph. Metzgeria parviinvolucrata Kuwah. Metzgeria patagonica Steph. Metzgeria polytricha Spruce Metzgeria procera Mitt. Metzgeria psilocraspeda Schiffn. Metzgeria pubescens (Schrank) Raddi Metzgeria pulvinata Steph. Metzgeria quadrifaria Steph. Metzgeria raoi S.C. Srivast. & S. Srivast. Metzgeria rigida Lindb. Metzgeria robinsonii Steph. Metzgeria roivainenii Kuwah. Metzgeria rufula Spruce Metzgeria saccata Mitt. Metzgeria scobina Mitt. Metzgeria scyphigera A. Evans Metzgeria senjoana Masuzaki Metzgeria setigera R.M. Schust. ex Crand.-Stotl. & L. Söderstr. Metzgeria sikkimensis S.C. Srivast. & K.K. Rawat Metzgeria simplex Lorb. ex Müll. Frib. Metzgeria sinuata Loitl. Metzgeria sparrei Kuwah. Metzgeria spindleri Steph. Metzgeria subaneura Schiffn. Metzgeria submarginata M.L. So Metzgeria subundulata (Austin ex Lindb.) Kuwah. Metzgeria uncigera A. Evans Metzgeria undulata Kuwah. Metzgeria violacea (Ach.) Dumort. Metzgeria warnstorffii Steph.
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Literature RADDI G. 1818. Jungermanniografia Etrusca. Memorie i Mathematica e di Fisica della Societa Italiana delle Scienze (Modena), 18: 14–56, plus tables. Meagher, David (University of Melbourne Department of Botany), pers. comm.
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