Metzgeria is a genus of thalloid Marchantiophyta 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).
[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.]
Species
Species may be either
monoicous or
monoicous. Approximately 120 to 200 species of
Metzgeria have been described and the following species are currently recognised:
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Metzgeria acuminata Steph.
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Metzgeria adscendens Steph. ex K.I. Goebel
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Metzgeria agnewii Kuwah.
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Metzgeria albinea Spruce
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Metzgeria allionii Steph.
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Metzgeria alpina J.J. Engel & R.M. Schust.
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Metzgeria americana Masuzaki
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Metzgeria attenuata Steph.
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Metzgeria aurantiaca Steph.
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Metzgeria auriculata Grolle & Kuwah.
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Metzgeria bahiensis Schiffn.
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Metzgeria bartlettii Kuwah.
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Metzgeria bischlerae Kuwah.
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Metzgeria bracteata Spruce
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Metzgeria brasiliensis Schiffn.
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Metzgeria chilensis Steph.
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Metzgeria ciliata Raddi
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Metzgeria clavaeflora Spruce
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Metzgeria cleefii Kuwah.
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Metzgeria comata Steph.
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Metzgeria conjugata Lindb.
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Metzgeria consanguinea Schiffn.
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Metzgeria convoluta Steph.
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Metzgeria coorgense S.C. Srivast. & S. Srivast.
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Metzgeria corralensis Steph.
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Metzgeria crassipilis (Lindb.) A. Evans
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Metzgeria cratoneura Schiffn.
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Metzgeria decrescens Steph.
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Metzgeria deniseana Gradst. & Ilk.-Borg.
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Metzgeria dichotoma (Sw.) Nees
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Metzgeria divaricata A. Evans
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Metzgeria dorsipara (Herzog) Kuwah.
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Metzgeria duricosta Steph.
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Metzgeria engelii Kuwah.
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Metzgeria epiphylla A. Evans
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Metzgeria filicina Mitt.
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Metzgeria flavovirens Colenso
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Metzgeria foliicola Schiffn.
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Metzgeria francana Steph.
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Metzgeria frontipilis Lindb.
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Metzgeria fruticola Spruce
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Metzgeria fukuokana Kuwah.
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Metzgeria furcata (L.) Corda
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Metzgeria grandiflora A. Evans
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Metzgeria hasselii Kuwah.
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Metzgeria hebridensis Steph.
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Metzgeria hegewaldii Kuwah.
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Metzgeria herminieri Schiffn.
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Metzgeria heteroramea Steph.
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Metzgeria holzii Gradst. & A.R. Benitez
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Metzgeria imberbis J.B. Jack & Steph.
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Metzgeria inflata Steph.
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Metzgeria jamesonii Kuwah.
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Metzgeria kanaii Kuwah.
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Metzgeria kinabaluensis Masuzaki
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Metzgeria kuwaharae Piippo
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Metzgeria laciniata Kuwah.
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Metzgeria lechleri Steph.
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Metzgeria leptoneura Spruce
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Metzgeria liebmanniana Lindenb. & Gottsche
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Metzgeria lindbergii Schiffn.
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Metzgeria litoralis J.J. Engel & Kuwah.
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Metzgeria longitexta Steph.
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Metzgeria macrospora Kuwah.
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Metzgeria macveanii Kuwah.
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Metzgeria maegdefraui Kuwah.
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Metzgeria magellanica Schiffn.
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Metzgeria mexicana Steph.
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Metzgeria mizoramensis Sushil K. Singh & D. Singh
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Metzgeria monoica Kuwah. & J.J. Engel
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Metzgeria myriopoda Lindb.
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Metzgeria neotropica Kuwah.
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Metzgeria nudifrons Steph.
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Metzgeria parviinvolucrata Kuwah.
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Metzgeria patagonica Steph.
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Metzgeria polytricha Spruce
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Metzgeria procera Mitt.
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Metzgeria psilocraspeda Schiffn.
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Metzgeria pubescens (Schrank) Raddi
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Metzgeria pulvinata Steph.
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Metzgeria quadrifaria Steph.
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Metzgeria raoi S.C. Srivast. & S. Srivast.
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Metzgeria rigida Lindb.
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Metzgeria robinsonii Steph.
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Metzgeria roivainenii Kuwah.
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Metzgeria rufula Spruce
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Metzgeria saccata Mitt.
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Metzgeria scobina Mitt.
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Metzgeria scyphigera A. Evans
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Metzgeria senjoana Masuzaki
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Metzgeria setigera R.M. Schust. ex Crand.-Stotl. & L. Söderstr.
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Metzgeria sikkimensis S.C. Srivast. & K.K. Rawat
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Metzgeria simplex Lorb. ex Müll. Frib.
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Metzgeria sinuata Loitl.
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Metzgeria sparrei Kuwah.
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Metzgeria spindleri Steph.
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Metzgeria subaneura Schiffn.
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Metzgeria submarginata M.L. So
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Metzgeria subundulata (Austin ex Lindb.) Kuwah.
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Metzgeria uncigera A. Evans
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Metzgeria undulata Kuwah.
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Metzgeria violacea (Ach.) Dumort.
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Metzgeria warnstorffii Steph.
Literature
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RADDI G. 1818. Jungermanniografia Etrusca. Memorie i Mathematica e di Fisica della Societa Italiana delle Scienze (Modena), 18: 14–56, plus tables.
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Meagher, David (University of Melbourne Department of Botany), pers. comm.
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