Species
Asterella californica (California asterella)
Asterella californica is a complex thallic liverwort in the phylum Marchantiophyta. A. california often grows as colonies of flat rosettes of light green, rigid thalli, with undersides dark wine-red to nearly black. The receptacles are rounded, with four lobes each bearing a single sporangium sheathed by a white tattered skirt. A. california is dioecious with separate male plants often intermingled with female plants. This species is found throughout California from San Francisco southward to San Diego…
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Humboldt Life
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Kingdom: Plantae (Plants)
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Phylum: Marchantiophyta (Liverworts)
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Class: Marchantiopsida (Complex thalloid liverworts)
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Subclass: Marchantiidae
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Order: Marchantiales (Complex thallose liverworts)
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Family: Aytoniaceae
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Genus: Asterella (Starworts)
- Species: Asterella californica (California asterella)
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Genus: Asterella (Starworts)
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Family: Aytoniaceae
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Order: Marchantiales (Complex thallose liverworts)
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Subclass: Marchantiidae
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Class: Marchantiopsida (Complex thalloid liverworts)
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Phylum: Marchantiophyta (Liverworts)
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Kingdom: Plantae (Plants)