Sphaerocarpos drewiae: taxon details and analytics

Domain
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Marchantiophyta
Class
Marchantiopsida
Order
Sphaerocarpales
Family
Sphaerocarpaceae
Genus
Sphaerocarpos
Species
Sphaerocarpos drewiae
Scientific Name
Sphaerocarpos drewiae

Summary description from Wikipedia:

Sphaerocarpos drewiae

Sphaerocarpos drewiae is a species of liverwort in the family Sphaerocarpaceae. It is endemic to California, where it is known from San Diego and Riverside Counties. Its common name is bottle liverwort.

This liverwort grows in shady spots in coastal sage scrub habitat. It is associated with another rare endemic liverwort, Geothallus tuberosus. Much of its habitat is near urbanized areas and it is threatened with habitat loss.

The name has occasionally been misspelled in the literature as Sphaerocarpos drewei

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Sphaerocarpos drewiae
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Sphaerocarpos drewiae
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Sphaerocarpos drewiae
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Sphaerocarpos drewiae
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Sphaerocarpos drewiae
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Sphaerocarpos drewiae
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Sphaerocarpos drewiae
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