Metzgeria
Metzgeria is a genus of thalloid liverworts in the family Metzgeriaceae.
Taxonomy
The genus was named in honor of Johann Metzger, 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.
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. GoebelMetzgeria agnewii Kuwah.Metzgeria albinea SpruceMetzgeria allionii Steph.Metzgeria alpina J.J. Engel & R.M. Schust.Metzgeria americana MasuzakiMetzgeria attenuata Steph.Metzgeria aurantiaca Steph.Metzgeria auriculata Grolle & Kuwah.Metzgeria bahiensis Schiffn.Metzgeria bartlettii Kuwah.Metzgeria bischlerae Kuwah.Metzgeria bracteata SpruceMetzgeria brasiliensis Schiffn.Metzgeria chilensis Steph.Metzgeria ciliata RaddiMetzgeria clavaeflora SpruceMetzgeria 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 A. EvansMetzgeria cratoneura Schiffn.Metzgeria decrescens Steph.Metzgeria deniseana Gradst. & Ilk.-Borg.Metzgeria dichotoma NeesMetzgeria divaricata A. EvansMetzgeria dorsipara Kuwah.Metzgeria duricosta Steph.Metzgeria engelii Kuwah.Metzgeria epiphylla A. EvansMetzgeria filicina Mitt.Metzgeria flavovirens ColensoMetzgeria foliicola Schiffn.Metzgeria francana Steph.Metzgeria frontipilis Lindb.Metzgeria fruticola SpruceMetzgeria fukuokana Kuwah.Metzgeria furcata CordaMetzgeria grandiflora A. EvansMetzgeria hasselii Kuwah.Metzgeria hebridensis Steph.Metzgeria hegewaldii Kuwah.Metzgeria herminieri Schiffn.Metzgeria heteroramea Steph.Metzgeria holzii Gradst. & A.R. BenitezMetzgeria imberbis J.B. Jack & Steph.Metzgeria inflata Steph.Metzgeria jamesonii Kuwah.Metzgeria kanaii Kuwah.Metzgeria kinabaluensis MasuzakiMetzgeria kuwaharae PiippoMetzgeria laciniata Kuwah.Metzgeria lechleri Steph.Metzgeria leptoneura SpruceMetzgeria liebmanniana Lindenb. & GottscheMetzgeria 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. SinghMetzgeria monoica Kuwah. & J.J. EngelMetzgeria myriopoda Lindb.Metzgeria neotropica Kuwah.Metzgeria nudifrons Steph.Metzgeria parviinvolucrata Kuwah.Metzgeria patagonica Steph.Metzgeria polytricha SpruceMetzgeria procera Mitt.Metzgeria psilocraspeda Schiffn.Metzgeria pubescens RaddiMetzgeria pulvinata Steph.Metzgeria quadrifaria Steph.Metzgeria raoi S.C. Srivast. & S. Srivast.Metzgeria rigida Lindb.Metzgeria robinsonii Steph.Metzgeria roivainenii Kuwah.Metzgeria rufula SpruceMetzgeria saccata Mitt.Metzgeria scobina Mitt.Metzgeria scyphigera A. EvansMetzgeria senjoana MasuzakiMetzgeria setigera R.M. Schust. ex Crand.-Stotl. & L. Söderstr.Metzgeria sikkimensis S.C. Srivast. & K.K. RawatMetzgeria simplex Lorb. ex Müll. Frib.Metzgeria sinuata Loitl.Metzgeria sparrei Kuwah.Metzgeria spindleri Steph.Metzgeria subaneura Schiffn.Metzgeria submarginata M.L. SoMetzgeria subundulata Kuwah.Metzgeria uncigera A. EvansMetzgeria undulata Kuwah.Metzgeria violacea Dumort.Metzgeria warnstorffii Steph.
Literature
- RADDI G. 1818. Jungermanniografia Etrusca. Memorie i Mathematica e di Fisica della Societa Italiana delle Scienze, 18: 14–56, plus tables.
- Meagher, David, pers. comm.