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Definition of Sphaerocarpos
1. Noun. Type genus of Sphaerocarpaceae; liverworts with small many-lobed usually orbicular thallus.
Generic synonyms: Moss Genus
Group relationships: Family Sphaerocarpaceae, Sphaerocarpaceae
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sphaerocarpos
Literary usage of Sphaerocarpos
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Botanical Abstracts by Board of Control of Botanical Abstracts (1920)
"ALLEN, CHARLES E. The basis of sex inheritance in Sphaerocarpos. ... The sex
chromosomes of Sphaerocarpos are compared to the X and Y chromosomes of animals ..."
2. American Men of Science: A Biographical Directory by Jaques Cattell, Jaques Cattell Press (1921)
"Taxonomy of some of the Hepáticas; revision of genua Sphaerocarpos. Haynes, Prof.
E(ll) S(tuart), Beloit College, Beloit, Wis. Astronomy. ..."
3. Travels in Italy, Greece, and the Ionian Islands: In a Series of Letters by Hugh William Williams (1820)
"151 sphaerocarpos 152 * Melilotus officinalis. 153 . Italica. 154 Indica 156
Melica ciliata of Linnaeus. 156 —— ramosa of Willdenow. ..."
4. Travels in Italy, Greece and the Ionian Islands: In a Series of Letters by Hugh William Williams (1820)
"151 sphaerocarpos 152 * Melilotus officinalis. 153 Italica. 154 Indica 155 Melica
ciliata of Linnaeus. 156 —— ra'mosa of Willdenow. ..."