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Metzgeria
	Metzgeria furcata growing on bark in Germany
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Division:	Marchantiophyta
Class:	Jungermanniopsida
Order:	Metzgeriales
Family:	Metzgeriaceae
Genus:	Metzgeria; Raddi, 1818
Synonyms
	List Apertithallus Kuwah.; Apometzgeria Kuwah.; Austrometzgeria Kuwah.; Echinomitrion Corda; Echinogyna Dumort.; Fasciola Dumort.; Herverus Gray;

Metzgeria is a genus of thalloid liverworts in the family Metzgeriaceae.^[1]

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).^[2]

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:^[3]

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.

References

^ Schuster, Rudolf M. (1992). The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America. Vol. V. Chicago: Field Museum of Natural History. pp. 665–752. ISBN 0-914868-20-9.
^ 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.
^ "WFO Plant List | World Flora Online". wfoplantlist.org. Retrieved 2024-10-22.

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.