| Metzgeria | |
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| Metzgeria furcata growing on bark in Germany | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Division: | Marchantiophyta |
| Class: | Jungermanniopsida |
| Order: | Metzgeriales |
| Family: | Metzgeriaceae |
| Genus: | Metzgeria Raddi, 1818 |
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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).
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.
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.
External links
- [REDACTED] Data related to Metzgeria at Wikispecies
- [REDACTED] Media related to Metzgeria at Wikimedia Commons
- So, M.L. (2002). "Metzgeria submarginata sp. nov., a "new" species from Australia and New Zealand". New Zealand Journal of Botany. 40 (2): 201–205. doi:10.1080/0028825X.2002.9512783. Archived from the original on 2008-10-11.
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