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
Species include

M. angusta
M. atrichoneura
M. conjugata
M. crassipilis
M. furcata
M. leptoneura
M. myriopoda
M. pubescens
M. submarginata
M. temperata
M. uncigera

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]

Approximately 120 to 200 species of Metzgeria have been described. Species may be either monoicous or dioicous.

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References
  1. Schuster, Rudolf M. (1992). The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America. V. Chicago: Field Museum of Natural History. pp. 665–752. ISBN 0-914868-20-9.
  2. 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.

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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