| Sphaerocarpos | |
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| A female Sphaerocarpos texanus next to a US quarter for scale | |
| Scientific classification  | |
| 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
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
- ↑ 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
 Data related to Sphaerocarpos at Wikispecies
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