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 genera in the Sphaerocarpaceae. The following species are currently recognized:
- Sphaerocarpos cristatus
- Sphaerocarpos donnelli
- Sphaerocarpos drewei
- 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 V. Chicago: Field Museum of Natural History. pp. 811–813. ISBN 0-914868-20-9.
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