Species
Asterella californica (California asterella)
Asterella californica. Photo: (c) Ken-ichi Ueda, some rights reserved (CC BY)
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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        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)
        
        
        
        
    
    
    
 









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