Definition of Genus Sphaerocarpus

1. Noun. Type genus of Sphaerocarpaceae; liverworts with small many-lobed usually orbicular thallus.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Sphaerocarpus

genus Spadella
genus Spalax
genus Sparaxis
genus Sparganium
genus Sparmannia
genus Spartina
genus Spartium
genus Spathiphyllum
genus Spergula
genus Spergularia
genus Sphacele
genus Sphacelotheca
genus Sphaeralcea
genus Sphaerocarpos
genus Sphaerocarpus (current term)
genus Sphagnum
genus Sphecius
genus Sphecotheres
genus Spheniscus
genus Sphenodon
genus Sphyraena
genus Sphyrapicus
genus Sphyrna
genus Spilogale
genus Spinacia
genus Spinus
genus Spiraea
genus Spiranthes
genus Spirillum

Literary usage of Genus Sphaerocarpus

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Systematic Arrangement of British Plants: With an Easy Introduction to the by William Withering (1812)
"Hypoxylon and Variolaria; his genus Sphaerocarpus also contains one or two species, which some would think might associate with the ..."

2. Torreya by Torrey Botanical Club (1904)
"With the exception of the genus Sphaerocarpus, which seems to be annual, all of the species in this neighborhood that have been examined remain alive during ..."

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