Metzgeria Explained
Metzgeria is a genus of thalloid liverworts in the family Metzgeriaceae.[1]
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
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.
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Notes and References
- Book: Schuster, Rudolf M. . 1992 . The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America . V . 665–752 . Chicago . Field Museum of Natural History . 0-914868-20-9 .
- 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.