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The genus Sphaerocephalus is in the family Aulacomniaceae in the major group Bryophytes (Mosses and liverworts).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Sphaerocephalus

See "Status", "Confidence level", "Source" for definitions.

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source
Sphaerocephalus androgynus (Hedw.) Lindb.	Accepted		TRO
Sphaerocephalus heterostichus (Hedw.) E. Britton	Accepted		TRO
Sphaerocephalus palustris (Hedw.) Lindb.	Accepted		TRO
Sphaerocephalus turgidus (Wahlenb.) Lindb.	Accepted		TRO

Statistics

The Plant List includes 5 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Sphaerocephalus. Of these 4 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 3 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Sphaerocephalus. We do not intend The Plant List to be complete for names of infraspecific rank. These are primarily included because names of species rank are synonyms of accepted infraspecific names.

Species names

The status of the 5 species names for the genus Sphaerocephalus recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	4	80.0%
◕	Synonym	1	20.0%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	0	0%

All names

The status of the 8 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Sphaerocephalus recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	5	62.5%
◕	Synonym	3	37.5%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	0	0%

The confidence with which the status of the 5 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Sphaerocephalus, are assigned as follows:

	Confidence level	Accepted	Synonym	Unplaced	Unassessed	Total
	High confidence	0	0	0	0	0	0%
	Medium confidence	4	1	0	0	5	100%
	Low confidence	0	0	0	0	0	0%

The source of the species name record found in The Plant List for the genus Sphaerocephalus, are as follows: