Metzgeria

Metzgeria
"Metzgeria furcata" growing on bark in Germany.
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Marchantiophyta
Class: Jungermanniopsida
Order: Metzgeriales
Family: Metzgeriaceae
Genus: Metzgeria
Raddi, 1818
Species include

M. angusta
M. atrichoneura
M. conjugata
M. crassipilis
M. furcata
M. leptoneura
M. myriopoda
M. pubescens
M. submarginata
M. temperata
M. uncigera

Metzgeria is a genus of thalloid liverworts in the family Metzgeriaceae.[1] The genus was named in honor of Johann Christian Metzger, former director of the Heidelberg Botanical Garden.

Approximately 120 to 200 species of Metzgeria have been described. Species may be either monoicous or dioicous.

References

  1. ^ Schuster, Rudolf M. (1992). The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America. V. Chicago: Field Museum of Natural History. pp. 665–752. ISBN 0-914-86820-9. 

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