Sphaerocarpales

Taxobox
name = Sphaerocarpales


image_width = 240px
image_caption = "Sphaerocarpos texanus" Aust.
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Marchantiophyta
classis = Marchantiopsida
ordo = Sphaerocarpales
ordo_authority = Cavers, 1910
subdivision_ranks = Families
subdivision =
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.

Species of "Sphaerocarpales"

* Sphaerocarpaceae:
** "Geothallus tuberosus"
** "Sphaerocarpos cristatus"
** "Sphaerocarpos donnelli"
** "Sphaerocarpos drewei"
** "Sphaerocarpos hians"
** "Sphaerocarpos texanus"

* Riellaceae:
** "Riella americana"
** "Riella affinis"
** "Riella halophila"
** "Riella spiculata"

* Naiaditaceae: †
** "Naiadita lanceolata"

External links

* [http://www.mobot.org/plantscience/bfna/V3/RielRiellaceae.htm Information on Riellaceae]
* [http://www2.una.edu/pdavis/sphaerocarpales.htm Pictures of "Sphaerocarpos texanus"]
* [http://www.natureserve.org/explorer/speciesIndex/Order_Sphaerocarpales_106684_1.htm Sphaerocarpales]