# Asterella

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***Asterella*** is a [liverwort](/source/Marchantiophyta) genus in the family [Aytoniaceae](/source/Aytoniaceae).[1] *Asterella* species are commonly known as **starworts**.[2]

## Species

A partial list of species includes:

- *[Asterella australis](/source/Asterella_australis)* (Hook.f. & Taylor) Verd. ex G.A.M.Scott & J.A.Bradshaw
- *[Asterella bolanderi](/source/Asterella_bolanderi)*, the Bolander's asterella
- *[Asterella californica](/source/Asterella_californica)*, the California asterella
- *[Asterella conocephala](/source/Asterella_conocephala)* ([Steph.](/source/Franz_Stephani)) R.M.Schust.
- *[Asterella dioica](/source/Asterella_dioica)* (Steph.) H.A.Mill.
- *[Asterella drummondii](/source/Asterella_drummondii)* (Hook.f. & Taylor) R.M.Schust. ex D.G.Long
- *[Asterella elegans](/source/Asterella_elegans)*, the elegant asterella
- *[Asterella gracilis](/source/Asterella_gracilis)*, the graceful asterella
- *[Asterella lindenbergiana](/source/Asterella_lindenbergiana)*, the Lindenberg's asterella
- *[Asterella muelleri](/source/Asterella_muelleri)* (Gottsche ex Steph.) R.M.Schust.
- *[Asterella palmeri](/source/Asterella_palmeri)*, the Palmer's asterella
- *[Asterella saccata](/source/Asterella_saccata)*
- *[Asterella setisquama](/source/Asterella_setisquama)* (Steph.) R.M.Schust.
- *[Asterella subplana](/source/Asterella_subplana)* (Steph.) R.M.Schust.
- *[Asterella tasmanica](/source/Asterella_tasmanica)* (Steph.) R.M.Schust.
- *[Asterella tenella](/source/Asterella_tenella)* (L.) P.Beauv.
- *[Asterella tenera](/source/Asterella_tenera)* (Mitt.) R.M.Schust.
- *[Asterella tenerrima](/source/Asterella_tenerrima)* (Steph.) H.A.Mill.
- *[Asterella whiteleggeana](/source/Asterella_whiteleggeana)* (Steph.) R.M.Schust.

## References

1. ["Asterella — The Plant List"](http://www.theplantlist.org/1.1/browse/B/Aytoniaceae/Asterella/). *www.theplantlist.org*. Retrieved 1 July 2021.

1. ["Starworts (Genus Asterella)"](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/53748-Asterella). *iNaturalist*. Retrieved 9 March 2024.

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