''Sphaerocarpos'' is a
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of plants known as bottle
liverwort
Liverworts are a group of non-vascular land plants forming the division Marchantiophyta (). They may also be referred to as hepatics. Like mosses and hornworts, they have a gametophyte-dominant life cycle, in which cells of the plant carry ...
s. There are eight or nine
species
A species () is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate sexes or mating types can produce fertile offspring, typically by sexual reproduction. It is the basic unit of Taxonomy (biology), ...
in this genus.
Classification
''Sphaerocarpos'' is one of two extant genera in the family
Sphaerocarpaceae
Sphaerocarpaceae is a Family (biology), 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''.
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. The following species are currently recognized:
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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 family Sphaerocarpaceae. The following species are currently ...
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Sphaerocarpos donnelli''
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Sphaerocarpos drewiae''
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Sphaerocarpos hians''
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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 family Sphaerocarpaceae. The following species are currently ...
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Sphaerocarpos muccilloi''
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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 family Sphaerocarpaceae. The following species are currently ...
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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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