| Metzgeria | |
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| Metzgeria furcata growing on bark in Germany | |
Scientific classification  | |
| 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. [1]
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 may be either monoicous or dioicous. Approximately 120 to 200 species of Metzgeria have been described and the following species are currently recognised: [3]
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