Is there an equivalent of Org-mode's b_ignoreheading for non-beamer documents?

When using Org-mode to create beamer presentation it is possible to set the property of a heading such that the exported heading is not shown but only its contents. For instance, the following

#+title: Test

#+options: toc:nil
#+latex_class: beamer
#+startup: beamer

#+BEAMER_FRAME_LEVEL: 2

* Ignored heading                                           :B_ignoreheading:
:PROPERTIES:
:BEAMER_env: ignoreheading
:END:
Text

Result in a frame with "Text" only and no heading. Is this kind of functionality available for non-beamer documents? That is, is it possible to tell Org-mode to not export a heading but only its contents? For instance, would it be possible to make Org-mode export the following

#+title: Test

* Ignored heading
Text

without exporting the heading "Ignored heading" but only "Text"?

If I export

#+title: Test

* 
Text

(note the space after *) to LaTeX I get the following (I only included the relevant part):

\section{}

Text

But this is not what I want. I want the heading to be completely ignored in the export so that I would get the following (again I only include the relevant part):

Text