Metzgeria

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Metzgeria
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Metzgeria furcata growing on bark in Germany
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Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Marchantiophyta
Class: Jungermanniopsida
Order: Metzgeriales
Family: Metzgeriaceae
Genus: Metzgeria
Raddi, 1818
Synonyms
List
  • ApertithallusKuwah.
  • ApometzgeriaKuwah.
  • AustrometzgeriaKuwah.
  • EchinomitrionCorda
  • EchinogynaDumort.
  • FasciolaDumort.
  • HerverusGray

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

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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]

References

  1. Schuster, Rudolf M. (1992). The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America. Vol. 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.
  3. "WFO Plant List | World Flora Online". wfoplantlist.org. Retrieved 2024-10-22.

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