Sphaerocarpales

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Related to Sphaerocarpales: Marchantiales, Jungermanniales, Calobryales

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Sphaerocarpales - small order sometimes included in the order Jungermanniales

plant order - the order of plants

class Hepaticae, class Hepaticopsida, Hepaticae, Hepaticopsida - liverworts: comprises orders Anthocerotales; Jungermanniales; Marchantiales; Sphaerocarpales

family Sphaerocarpaceae, Sphaerocarpaceae - liverworts with bilaterally symmetrical gametophytes; sometimes placed in the order Jungermanniales

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of Riella subgenus Trabutiella (Riellaceae, Sphaerocarpales).

Bibliografia Botanica Iberica, 2014: Bryophyta

In the small and early divergent order Sphaerocarpales, Sphaerocarpos, seems to employ an alternate strategy of ephemeral habit for rapid colonization of waste areas.

Sporogenesis in bryophytes: patterns and diversity in meiosis

Sphaerocarpos along with Riella and Geothallus comprise the small order Sphaerocarpales, a distinct and early divergent order.