Metzgeria

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
Approximately 120 to 200 species of Metzgeria have been described. Species may be either monoicous or dioicous. Species include the following:
 * Metzgeria angusta
 * Metzgeria atrichoneura
 * Metzgeria conjugata
 * Metzgeria crassipilis
 * Metzgeria furcata
 * Metzgeria leptoneura
 * Metzgeria myriopoda
 * Metzgeria pubescens
 * Metzgeria submarginata
 * Metzgeria temperata
 * Metzgeria uncigera

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.