Sphaerocarpos
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| A female Sphaerocarpos texanus next to a US quarter for scale | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Division: | Marchantiophyta |
| Class: | Marchantiopsida |
| Order: | Sphaerocarpales |
| Family: | Sphaerocarpaceae |
| Genus: | Sphaerocarpos [ Micheli ][1] Boehm. ex Ludwig[2] |
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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
[edit]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
[edit]- ^ 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.
External links
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Data related to Sphaerocarpos at Wikispecies
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