Sphaerocarpales is an order of plants within the

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s. Approximately twenty

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are in this order which is sub-divided into four

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: Monocarpaceae,

Sphaerocarpaceae Sphaerocarpaceae is a family of liverworts known as bottle liverworts. Approximately ten species are included in this family, most of them in the genus '' Sphaerocarpos'', but one additional species in the genus ''Geothallus''. Distribution ...

and Riellaceae, as well as the extinct family Naiaditaceae. The inclusion of the Naiaditaceae is uncertain, and the family has sometimes been assigned to the Calobryales.

Classification

Living taxa and species count based on Söderström et al. 2016 and synonyms from ''Collection of genus-group names in a systematic arrangement''. * Monocarpaceae D.J.Carr ex Schelpe 1969 ** '' Monocarpus '' D.J.Carr 1956 non Post & Kuntze 1903 'Carrpos'' Proskauer 1961 * Riellaceae Engl. 1892 ** '' Austroriella'' Cargill & J.Milne2013 ** '' Riella'' Mont. 1852 'Duriaea'' Bory De St. Vincent & Montagne 1843 non Durieua Merat 1829; ''Maisonneuvea'' Trevisan 1877; ''Duriella'' Bory de St. Vincent ex Billot 1861(about 18 spp.) *

Heeg 1891 ** '' Geothallus'' Campb. 1896 'Geocarpus'' Goebel 1915 non Kinkelin 1884(1 species) ** '' Sphaerocarpos'' Boehm. 1760 non Gmelin 1791 'Sphaerocarpus'' (sic) Adanson 1763(8 or 9 spp.) * † Naiaditaceae Schuster 1980 nominum invalidum ** †'' Naiadita lanceolata'' Brodie 1845

References

External links

* * Liverwort orders {{Bryophyte-stub