''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. The following species are currently recognized: * '' Sphaerocarpos cristatus'' * '' Sphaerocarpos donnelli'' * '' Sphaerocarpos drewiae'' * '' Sphaerocarpos hians'' * '' Sphaerocarpos michelii'' * '' Sphaerocarpos muccilloi'' * '' Sphaerocarpos stipitatus'' * '' Sphaerocarpos texanus''

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Sphaerocarpales Liverwort genera {{Bryophyte-stub