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Sphaerocarpos drewiae
Conservation status
Endangered  (IUCN 2.3)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Division:	Marchantiophyta
Class:	Marchantiopsida
Order:	Sphaerocarpales
Family:	Sphaerocarpaceae
Genus:	Sphaerocarpos
Species:	S. drewiae
Binomial name
Sphaerocarpos drewiae Wigglesw.

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

References

1. ^ Bryophyte Specialist Group 2000. Sphaerocarpos drewei. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2015.2. Downloaded on 31 August 2015.
2. Wigglesworth, G. (1929). "A new Californian species of Sphaerocarpus". University of California Publications in Botany. 16: 129–137, figs. 1–10.
3. Sphaerocarpus drewei. CNPS, Rare Plant Program. 2015. Inventory of Rare and Endangered Plants (online edition, v8-02). California Native Plant Society. Accessed 31 August 2015.

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