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Asterella palmeri
Scientific Name: Asterella palmeri
Family: Aytoniaceae
Category: Liverwort
Growth: Nonvascular
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Asterella palmeri (Palmer's Asterella)
Asterella palmeri, also known as Palmer's Asterella, is a liverwort belonging to the genus Asterella.
Taxonomy and Nomenclature
- Scientific Name: Asterella palmeri (Austin) Underw.
- Common Name: Palmer's Asterella
- Family: Aytoniaceae
- Kingdom: Not explicitly stated in the text, but as a liverwort, it belongs to the plant kingdom (Plantae).
- Order: Marchantiales
- Synonyms: Fimbriaria palmeri Austin, Asterella nudata (M.Howe) Underw.
- Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 15553
Distribution and Habitat
- National Distribution: United States
- Found in Coast Ranges, Sierra Nevada foothills, Transverse and Peninsular ranges, south coast on summer-dry soil or rock, sea level.
- Origin: Unknown/Undetermined
- Regularity: Regularly occurring
- Currently: Unknown/Undetermined
- Confidence: Confident (regarding its occurrence)
Morphological Characteristics
- Plants are green with purplish undulate margins and deep purple ventral side.
Quirky Facts
- Scanning electron microscopes reveal distinctive features of its spores.
Further Information
- Encyclopedia of Life
- Tropicos
- Discover Life
- ITIS (Integrated Taxonomic Information System)