Studies in the Sphaerocarpales (Hepaticae) from Southern Africa. 2. The genus Sphaerocarpos and its only local species, S. stipitatus

Abstract

A taxonomic account of the genus Sphaerocarpos, subgenus Austrosphaerocarpos, and its only local species, S. stipitatus Bisch. ex Lindenb., is presented here. These taxa are classified in the suborder Sphaerocarpineae of the order Sphaerocarpales, for which short notes and a key to all three constituent suborders, Monocarpineae, Riellineae and Sphaerocarpineae, are provided.