''Asterella'' is a
liverwort
Liverworts are a group of non-vascular land plants forming the division Marchantiophyta (). They may also be referred to as hepatics. Like mosses and hornworts, they have a gametophyte-dominant life cycle, in which cells of the plant carry ...
genus in the family
Aytoniaceae
Aytoniaceae is a family of liverworts in the order Marchantiales
Marchantiales is an order of thallose liverworts (also known as "complex thalloid liverworts") that includes species like '' Marchantia polymorpha'', a widespread plant often fo ...
. ''Asterella'' species are commonly known as starworts.
Species
A partial list of species includes:
* ''
Asterella australis''
(Hook.f. & Taylor) Verd. ex G.A.M.Scott & J.A.Bradshaw
* ''
Asterella bolanderi'', the Bolander's asterella
* ''
Asterella californica'', the California asterella
* ''
Asterella conocephala''
( Steph.) R.M.Schust.
* ''
Asterella dioica''
(Steph.) H.A.Mill.
* ''
Asterella drummondii''
(Hook.f. & Taylor) R.M.Schust. ex D.G.Long
* ''
Asterella elegans'', the elegant asterella
* ''
Asterella gracilis'', the graceful asterella
* ''
Asterella lindenbergiana'', the Lindenberg's asterella
* ''
Asterella muelleri''
(Gottsche ex Steph.) R.M.Schust.
* ''
Asterella palmeri'', the Palmer's asterella
* ''
Asterella saccata
''Asterella'' is a Marchantiophyta, liverwort genus in the family Aytoniaceae. ''Asterella'' species are commonly known as starworts.
Species
A partial list of species includes:
* ''Asterella australis'' (Hook.f. & Taylor) Verd. ex G.A.M.Sco ...
''
* ''
Asterella setisquama''
(Steph.) R.M.Schust.
* ''
Asterella subplana''
(Steph.) R.M.Schust.
* ''
Asterella tasmanica''
(Steph.) R.M.Schust.
* ''
Asterella tenella''
(L.) P.Beauv.
* ''
Asterella tenera''
(Mitt.) R.M.Schust.
* ''
Asterella tenerrima''
(Steph.) H.A.Mill.
* ''
Asterella whiteleggeana''
(Steph.) R.M.Schust.
References
Aytoniaceae
Marchantiales genera
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