''Sphaerocarpos'' is a
genus of plants known as bottle
liverworts. There are eight or nine
species in this genus.
Classification
''Sphaerocarpos'' is one of two extant genera in the famly
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
''Sphaerocarpos'' is a genus of plants known as bottle liverworts. There ...
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Sphaerocarpos cristatus
''Sphaerocarpos'' is a genus of plants known as bottle liverworts. There are eight or nine species in this genus.
Classification
''Sphaerocarpos'' is one of two extant genera in the famly Sphaerocarpaceae. The following species are currently r ...
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Sphaerocarpos donnelli
''Sphaerocarpos'' is a genus of plants known as bottle liverworts. There are eight or nine species in this genus.
Classification
''Sphaerocarpos'' is one of two extant genera in the famly Sphaerocarpaceae. The following species are currently r ...
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Sphaerocarpos drewei
''Sphaerocarpos drewiae'' is a species of liverwort in the family Sphaerocarpaceae. It is endemic to California, where it is known from San Diego and Riverside Counties. Its common name is bottle liverwort.[Sphaerocarpos hians
''Sphaerocarpos'' is a genus of plants known as bottle liverworts. There are eight or nine species in this genus.
Classification
''Sphaerocarpos'' is one of two extant genera in the famly Sphaerocarpaceae. The following species are currently r ...]
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Sphaerocarpos michelii
''Sphaerocarpos'' is a genus of plants known as bottle liverworts. There are eight or nine species in this genus.
Classification
''Sphaerocarpos'' is one of two extant genera in the famly Sphaerocarpaceae. The following species are currently r ...
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Sphaerocarpos muccilloi
''Sphaerocarpos muccilloi'' is a species of liverwort in the family Sphaerocarpaceae.
Description
''Sphaerocarpos muccilloi'' grows in pale green mats. The thallus tissue is around five cells thick towards the center of the plant, but becomes ...
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Sphaerocarpos stipitatus
''Sphaerocarpos'' is a genus of plants known as bottle liverworts. There are eight or nine species in this genus.
Classification
''Sphaerocarpos'' is one of two extant genera in the famly Sphaerocarpaceae. The following species are currently r ...
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Sphaerocarpos texanus
''Sphaerocarpos texanus'', the Texas balloonwort, is a species of liverwort in the Sphaerocarpaceae family, found in the Americas, northern Africa and Europe.
Description
''Sphaerocarpos texanus'' are small, thalloid, dioecious liverworts. Th ...
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References
External links
Sphaerocarpales
Liverwort genera
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