== Distribution == The majority of species in the family occur along the western edge of the Americas, from Washington to central Chile. However, the type species for Sphaerocarpos, S. michelii, is native to Europe. The weedy species Sphaerocarpos texanus is distributed widely in fields and gardens of North America, western Europe, and Mediterrane...
[n] - liverworts with bilaterally symmetrical gametophytes
family Sphaerocarpaceae noun liverworts with bilaterally symmetrical gametophytes; sometimes placed in the order Jungermanniales