''Metzgeria'' is a
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of
thalloid liverworts
Liverworts are a group of non-vascular plant, non-vascular embryophyte, land plants forming the division Marchantiophyta (). They may also be referred to as hepatics. Like mosses and hornworts, they have a gametophyte-dominant life cycle, in wh ...
in the
family
Family (from ) is a Social group, group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or Affinity (law), affinity (by marriage or other relationship). It forms the basis for social order. Ideally, families offer predictabili ...
Metzgeriaceae.
Taxonomy
The genus was named in honor of
Johann Metzger (1771–1844), a German copper engraver and art restorer from
Staufen im Breisgau
Staufen im Breisgau (High Alemannic: ''Staufe im Brisgau'') is a German town in the Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald district of Baden-Württemberg. It had a population of approximately 8,300 in 2019.
General
The city of Staufen im Breisgau lies in the ...
, in
Baden-Württemberg
Baden-Württemberg ( ; ), commonly shortened to BW or BaWü, is a states of Germany, German state () in Southwest Germany, east of the Rhine, which forms the southern part of Germany's western border with France. With more than 11.07 million i ...
, a friend of
Giuseppe Raddi
Giuseppe Raddi (9 July 1770 in Florence, Italy – 6 September 1829 the island of Rhodes) was an Italian botanist and curator at the Museum of Natural History of Florence. He was among the first Europeans to explore and document the flora of Sout ...
and pupil of the great Florentine engraver
Raffaello Sanzio Morghen
Raffaello Morghen (19 June 1758 – 8 April 1833) was an Italian engraver.
Life
He was born in Naples, apparently to a German family of engravers. He received his earliest instructions from his father, himself an engraver; but, to obtain more ...
(1753–1833).
Species
Species may be either
monoicous
Monoicy () is a sexual system in haploid plants (mainly bryophytes) where both sperm and eggs are produced on the same gametophyte, in contrast with dioicy, where each gametophyte produces only sperm or eggs but never both.Crandall-Stotler, B.J ...
or
dioicous
Dioicy () is a sexual system in non-vascular plants where archegonia (female organs) and antheridia (male organs) are produced on separate plants in the gametophyte phase. It is one of the two main sexual systems in bryophytes, the other being ...
. Approximately 120 to 200 species of ''Metzgeria'' have been described and the following species are currently recognised:
* ''
Metzgeria acuminata''
Steph.
* ''
Metzgeria adscendens''
Steph. ex K.I. Goebel
* ''
Metzgeria agnewii''
Kuwah.
* ''
Metzgeria albinea''
Spruce
* ''
Metzgeria allionii''
Steph.
* ''
Metzgeria alpina''
J.J. Engel & R.M. Schust.
* ''
Metzgeria americana''
Masuzaki
* ''
Metzgeria attenuata''
Steph.
* ''
Metzgeria aurantiaca''
Steph.
* ''
Metzgeria auriculata''
Grolle & Kuwah.
* ''
Metzgeria bahiensis''
Schiffn.
* ''
Metzgeria bartlettii''
Kuwah.
* ''
Metzgeria bischlerae''
Kuwah.
* ''
Metzgeria bracteata''
Spruce
* ''
Metzgeria brasiliensis''
Schiffn.
* ''
Metzgeria chilensis''
Steph.
* ''
Metzgeria ciliata''
Raddi
* ''
Metzgeria clavaeflora''
Spruce
* ''
Metzgeria cleefii''
Kuwah.
* ''
Metzgeria comata''
Steph.
* ''
Metzgeria conjugata''
Lindb.
* ''
Metzgeria consanguinea''
Schiffn.
* ''
Metzgeria convoluta''
Steph.
* ''
Metzgeria coorgense''
S.C. Srivast. & S. Srivast.
* ''
Metzgeria corralensis''
Steph.
* ''
Metzgeria crassipilis''
(Lindb.) A. Evans
* ''
Metzgeria cratoneura''
Schiffn.
* ''
Metzgeria decrescens''
Steph.
* ''
Metzgeria deniseana''
Gradst. & Ilk.-Borg.
* ''
Metzgeria dichotoma''
(Sw.) Nees
* ''
Metzgeria divaricata''
A. Evans
* ''
Metzgeria dorsipara''
(Herzog) Kuwah.
* ''
Metzgeria duricosta''
Steph.
* ''
Metzgeria engelii''
Kuwah.
* ''
Metzgeria epiphylla''
A. Evans
* ''
Metzgeria filicina''
Mitt.
* ''
Metzgeria flavovirens''
Colenso
* ''
Metzgeria foliicola''
Schiffn.
* ''
Metzgeria francana''
Steph.
* ''
Metzgeria frontipilis''
Lindb.
* ''
Metzgeria fruticola''
Spruce
* ''
Metzgeria fukuokana''
Kuwah.
* ''
Metzgeria furcata''
(L.) Corda
* ''
Metzgeria grandiflora''
A. Evans
* ''
Metzgeria hasselii''
Kuwah.
* ''
Metzgeria hebridensis''
Steph.
* ''
Metzgeria hegewaldii''
Kuwah.
* ''
Metzgeria herminieri''
Schiffn.
* ''
Metzgeria heteroramea''
Steph.
* ''
Metzgeria holzii''
Gradst. & A.R. Benitez
* ''
Metzgeria imberbis''
J.B. Jack & Steph.
* ''
Metzgeria inflata''
Steph.
* ''
Metzgeria jamesonii''
Kuwah.
* ''
Metzgeria kanaii''
Kuwah.
* ''
Metzgeria kinabaluensis''
Masuzaki
* ''
Metzgeria kuwaharae''
Piippo
* ''
Metzgeria laciniata''
Kuwah.
* ''
Metzgeria lechleri''
Steph.
* ''
Metzgeria leptoneura''
Spruce
* ''
Metzgeria liebmanniana''
Lindenb. & Gottsche
* ''
Metzgeria lindbergii''
Schiffn.
* ''
Metzgeria litoralis''
J.J. Engel & Kuwah.
* ''
Metzgeria longitexta''
Steph.
* ''
Metzgeria macrospora''
Kuwah.
* ''
Metzgeria macveanii''
Kuwah.
* ''
Metzgeria maegdefraui''
Kuwah.
* ''
Metzgeria magellanica''
Schiffn.
* ''
Metzgeria mexicana''
Steph.
* ''
Metzgeria mizoramensis''
Sushil K. Singh & D. Singh
* ''
Metzgeria monoica''
Kuwah. & J.J. Engel
* ''
Metzgeria myriopoda''
Lindb.
* ''
Metzgeria neotropica''
Kuwah.
* ''
Metzgeria nudifrons''
Steph.
* ''
Metzgeria parviinvolucrata''
Kuwah.
* ''
Metzgeria patagonica''
Steph.
* ''
Metzgeria polytricha''
Spruce
* ''
Metzgeria procera''
Mitt.
* ''
Metzgeria psilocraspeda''
Schiffn.
* ''
Metzgeria pubescens''
(Schrank) Raddi
* ''
Metzgeria pulvinata''
Steph.
* ''
Metzgeria quadrifaria''
Steph.
* ''
Metzgeria raoi''
S.C. Srivast. & S. Srivast.
* ''
Metzgeria rigida''
Lindb.
* ''
Metzgeria robinsonii''
Steph.
* ''
Metzgeria roivainenii''
Kuwah.
* ''
Metzgeria rufula''
Spruce
* ''
Metzgeria saccata''
Mitt.
* ''
Metzgeria scobina''
Mitt.
* ''
Metzgeria scyphigera''
A. Evans
* ''
Metzgeria senjoana''
Masuzaki
* ''
Metzgeria setigera''
R.M. Schust. ex Crand.-Stotl. & L. Söderstr.
* ''
Metzgeria sikkimensis''
S.C. Srivast. & K.K. Rawat
* ''
Metzgeria simplex''
Lorb. ex Müll. Frib.
* ''
Metzgeria sinuata''
Loitl.
* ''
Metzgeria sparrei''
Kuwah.
* ''
Metzgeria spindleri''
Steph.
* ''
Metzgeria subaneura''
Schiffn.
* ''
Metzgeria submarginata''
M.L. So
* ''
Metzgeria subundulata''
(Austin ex Lindb.) Kuwah.
* ''
Metzgeria uncigera''
A. Evans
* ''
Metzgeria undulata''
Kuwah.
* ''
Metzgeria violacea''
(Ach.) Dumort.
* ''
Metzgeria warnstorffii''
Steph.
References
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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Metzgeriales
Liverwort genera
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