Sphaerocarpales

Sphaerocarpales
Sphaerocarpos texanus Aust.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Division:	Marchantiophyta
Class:	Marchantiopsida
Order:	Sphaerocarpales Cavers, (1910)[1]
Families
Sphaerocarpaceae Riellaceae †Naiaditaceae

Sphaerocarpales is an order of plants within the liverworts. Approximately twenty species are in this order which is sub-divided into three families: Sphaerocarpaceae and Riellaceae, as well as the extinct family Naiaditaceae. The inclusion of the Naiaditaceae is uncertain, and the family has sometimes been assigned to the Haplomitriales.

Classification

Sphaerocarpaceae:

• Geothallus (1 species)
• Sphaerocarpos (8 or 9 spp.)

Riellaceae:

• Riella (about 18 spp.)

Naiaditaceae: †

• Naiadita lanceolata

References

1. Cavers, F. (1910). "The inter-relationships of the bryophytes. I. Sphaerocarpales". New Phytologist 9: 81–92. doi:10.1111/j.1469-8137.1910.tb05560.x.

External links

• Pictures of Sphaerocarpos texanus