# Metzgeria

Metzgeria is a genus of thalloid liverworts in the family Metzgeriaceae.

## 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).

### Species

Species may be either monoicous or dioicous. 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.