Asterellopsis palmeri (Austin) YouL.Xiang & R.L.Zhu
Palmer's AsterellopsisHepaticae (Liverwort) - Aytoniaceae
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Protologue: Plants 13(8, 1053): 9. 2024. (Xiang et al. 2024)
Synonym: Asterella palmeri (Austin) Underw., Bot. Gaz. 20: 63. 1895.
[Note: Most records currently under this name.]
Pronunciation: As-te-rel-lóp-sis pál-mer-i
Etymology: Gr. aster, star + -ella, diminutive + -opsis, appearing like (so "like Asterella") + eponym, after Palmer
SDSU Collection with field images
Distribution:
Map from Consortium of Bryophyte Herbaria (Click to see current herbarium records, most as Asterella palmeri.)
Asterellopsis palmeri [Asterella palmeri]
Note thallus morphology, with dark margins, and unlobed archegoniophores; compare with Calasterella californica.
Images courtesy of M.G.Simpson, iNat Observation 148259761
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