Asterella palmeri
| Asterella palmeri | |
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| Baja California, Mexico, 2024 | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Division: | Marchantiophyta |
| Class: | Marchantiopsida |
| Order: | Marchantiales |
| Family: | Aytoniaceae |
| Genus: | Asterella |
| Species: | A. palmeri
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| Binomial name | |
| Asterella palmeri (Austin) Underw.
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| Synonyms | |
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Fimbriaria palmeri (Austin, 1875)[1] | |
Asterella palmeri, also known as Palmer's asterella, is a species of liverwort.[2] The holotype was collected by Dr. Edward Palmer on Guadalupe Island off Baja California, Mexico.[3][4]: 121 The plant is also found in California and New Mexico in the United States.[5]
According to California bryologists William T. Doyle and Raymond E. Stotler, Palmer's asterella is typically found in "exposed to lightly shaded summer-dry soil; usually on gentle to steep slopes around chaparral, Quercus and Pinus. Elevation usually below 950 metres (3,120 ft), but up to 1,250 metres (4,100 ft) in the southern Sierra Nevada."[6] A. palmeri is morphologically most similar to A. saccata, A. muscicola and the East Asian species A. grollei.[7]: 174
References
- ^ a b c d Evans, Alexander W. (1920). "The North American Species of Asterella". Contributions from the United States National Herbarium. 20 (8): I–VIII. JSTOR 23492237.
- ^ "Palmer's asterella (Asterella palmeri)". iNaturalist. Retrieved 2024-03-05.
- ^ Howe, Marshall A. (1899). The Hepaticae and Anthocerotes of California. Columbia University. pp. 54–55.
- ^ Watson, Sereno (1875). "Botanical Contributions: On the Flora of Guadalupe Island, Lower California; List of a Collection of Plants from Guadalupe Island, Made by Dr. Edward Palmer, with His Notes upon Them; Descriptions of New Species of Plants, Chiefly Californian, with Revisions of Certain Genera". Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. 11: 105–148. doi:10.2307/20021459. ISSN 0199-9818. JSTOR 20021459.
- ^ "NatureServe Explorer 2.0". explorer.natureserve.org. Retrieved 2024-03-05.
- ^ Doyle, William T.; Stotler, Raymond E. (2006). "Contributions Toward a Bryoflora of California Iii. Keys and Annotated Species Catalogue for Liverworts and Hornworts". Madroño. 53 (2): 89–197. doi:10.3120/0024-9637(2006)53[89:CTABOC]2.0.CO;2. ISSN 0024-9637. JSTOR 41425643. S2CID 86109963.
- ^ Long, David G. (Summer 1999). "Studies on the Genus Asterella. IV. Asterella grollei sp. nov., a New Species from Eastern Asia Related to the American A. palmeri". The Bryologist. 102 (2): 169–178. doi:10.2307/3244357. JSTOR 3244357.
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