Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Metzgeria grandiflora
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Hepatophyta
Class
Jungermanniopsida
Order
Metzgeriales
Family
Metzgeriaceae
Genus
Metzgeria
Species
grandiflora
Taxon category: Accepted
Origin: Endemic
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
- Clark, L. (1953) Some Hepaticae from Galapagos, Cocos, and other Pacific coast islands. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, 4th Series 27 (18): 593-623.
- Evans, A.W. (1916) A new species of Metzgeria from the Galapagos Islands. Torreya 16: 67-70.
- Gradstein, S.R. Weber, W.A. (1982) Bryogeography of the Galapagos Islands. J. Hattori Bot. Lab. 52: 127-152.
- Gradstein, S.R. (2009) Annotated catalogue of the liverworts and hornworts of the Galápagos Islands. Bibliotheca Lichenologica: Biodiversity and ecology of lichens - Liber Amicorum Harrie Sipman 99: 143-162.
- Kuwahara, Y. (1979) Metzgeria grandiflora Evans, an endemic liverwort of the Galápagos Islands J. Jap. Bot. 54(9): 265-272.
- León-Yánez, S. Gradstein, S.R. & Wegner, C. (2006) Hepáticas (Marchantiophyta) y Antoceros (Anthocerotophyta) del Ecuador, catálogo. Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador, Quito, 101 pp.
- Weber, W.A. (1966) Lichenology and Bryology in the Galápagos Islands, with Check Lists of the Lichens and Bryophytes Thus Far Reported. In: Bowman, R.I. (ed.): The Galápagos. Proceedings of the Symposium of the Galápagos International Scientific Project, University of California Press, Berkeley, p. 197-200.
- Weber, W.A. (1984) Bryophytes and lichens of the Galápagos Islands. In: Oehser, P.H., Lea, J.S. & Powars, N.L. (eds.): National Geographic Society Research Report 16 (1975 Projects): 781-790.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Metzgeria grandiflora", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=2997. Accessed 31 October 2026.