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]
Approximately 120 to 200 species of Metzgeria have been described. Species may be either monoicous or dioicous. Species include the following:
Metzgeria is a genus of thalloid liverworts in the family Metzgeriaceae.
