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| A female Sphaerocarpos texanus next to a US quarter for scale | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Embryophytes |
| Division: | Marchantiophyta |
| Class: | Marchantiopsida |
| Order: | Sphaerocarpales |
| Family: | Sphaerocarpaceae |
| Genus: | Sphaerocarpos [ Micheli ]1 Boehm. ex Ludwig2 |
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Sphaerocarpos is a genus of plants known as bottle liverworts. There are eight or nine species in this genus.3
Classification
Sphaerocarpos is one of two extant genera in the family Sphaerocarpaceae. The following species are currently recognized:
- Sphaerocarpos cristatus
- Sphaerocarpos donnelli
- Sphaerocarpos drewiae
- Sphaerocarpos hians
- Sphaerocarpos michelii
- Sphaerocarpos muccilloi
- Sphaerocarpos stipitatus
- Sphaerocarpos texanus
References
References
- Micheli, P. A. (1729). Nova Plantarum Genera juxta Tournefortii methodum disposita. Florence. p. 4, plate iii.
- Boehmer, G. R. (1760). Ludwig, C. G. (ed.). Definitiones Generum Plantarum (3rd ed.). p. 501.
- Schuster, Rudolf M. (1992). The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America. Vol. V. Chicago: Field Museum of Natural History. pp. 811–813. ISBN 0-914868-20-9.