Sphaerocarpales

Sphaerocarpales
Sphaerocarpales
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Marchantiophyta
Class: Marchantiopsida
Subclass: Marchantiidae
Order: Sphaerocarpales
Cavers, (1910)
Families

Monocarpaceae
Riellaceae
Sphaerocarpaceae
Naiaditaceae

Sphaerocarpales is an order of plants within the liverworts. Approximately twenty species are in this order which is sub-divided into four families: Monocarpaceae, 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 Calobryales.