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] Species may be either monoicous or dioicous.

Approximately 120 to 200 species of Metzgeria have been described and the following species are currently recognised:[3]

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