Sphaerocarpos
Genus of liverworts
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Sphaerocarpos is a genus of plants known as bottle liverworts. There are eight or nine species in this genus.[3]
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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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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
