Metzgeria

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

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

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.