Metzgeria
Metzgeria | |
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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 |
Metzgeria is a genus of thalloid liverworts in the family Metzgeriaceae.[1] The genus was named in honor of Johann Metzger (1771–1844), German copper engraver and art restorer from Staufen, Breisgau (Baden-Wurttemberg), a friend of Raddi and pupil of the great Florentine engraver Raphael Sanzio Morghen (1753–1833).
Approximately 120 to 200 species of Metzgeria have been described. Species may be either monoicous or dioicous.
References
2. RADDI G. 1818. Jungermanniografia Etrusca. Memorie i Mathematica e di Fisica della Societa Italiana delle Scienze (Modena), 18: 14–56, plus tables.
3. DANZ K. 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.
4. Meagher, David (University of Melbourne Department of Botany), pers. comm.
External links
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- So, M.L. (2002). "Metzgeria submarginata sp. nov., a "new" species from Australia and New Zealand". New Zealand Journal of Botany. 40 (2): 201–205. doi:10.1080/0028825X.2002.9512783.