Tortella (plant)

Tortella is a genus of mosses belonging to the family Pottiaceae. The genus was first described by Karl Müller and has a cosmopolitan distribution[1]

Tortella
Tortella inclinata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Bryophyta
Class: Bryopsida
Subclass: Dicranidae
Order: Pottiales
Family: Pottiaceae
Genus: Tortella
(Müll.Hal.) Limpr.

Species

The following species are recognised in the genus Tortella:[1]

  • Tortella afrocespitosa (Müll.Hal.) Broth.
  • Tortella alpicola Dixon, 1929
  • Tortella aprica Brotherus, 1902
  • Tortella arctica (Arnell) A.C.Crundwell & Nyholm
  • Tortella bambergeri (Schimp.) Broth.
  • Tortella brotheri Brotherus, 1902
  • Tortella bryotropica Zander, 1987
  • Tortella cirrifolia Brotherus, 1902
  • Tortella contortifolia Brotherus, 1906
  • Tortella cryptocarpa Zander, 1993
  • Tortella × cuspidatissima (Cardot & Thér.) O.Werner, Köckinger & Ros
  • Tortella cyrtobasis Dixon, 1935
  • Tortella dakinii J.H.Willis, 1955
  • Tortella densa (Lorentz & Molendo) Crundw. & Nyholm
  • Tortella eckendorffii Zander, 1993
  • Tortella erosodentata Sakurai
  • Tortella eutrichostomum (Müll.Hal.) Broth.
  • Tortella fasciculata (Culm.) Culm
  • Tortella flavovirens Brotherus, 1902
  • Tortella fleischeri (E.Bauer) J.J.Amann
  • Tortella fragilis Limpricht, 1888
  • Tortella fragillima Potier de la Varde, 1955
  • Tortella fristedtii Brotherus, 1902
  • Tortella fruchartii Zander, 1993
  • Tortella germainii Brotherus, 1902
  • Tortella goniospora Zander, 1993
  • Tortella grossiretis E.B.Bartram
  • Tortella guatemalensis E.B.Bartram
  • Tortella himantina (Besch.) Broth.
  • Tortella hosseusii Herzog, 1939
  • Tortella humilis Jennings, 1913
  • Tortella hyalinoblasta Broth.
  • Tortella inclinata Limpricht, 1888
  • Tortella inflexa Brotherus, 1902
  • Tortella involutifolia Dixon, 1932
  • Tortella japonica (Besch.) Broth.
  • Tortella jugicola Paris, 1906
  • Tortella kmetiana Pilous, 1961
  • Tortella knightii Brotherus, 1902
  • Tortella lilliputana Zander, 1993
  • Tortella limbata Geheeb & Herzog, 1910
  • Tortella limosella (Stirt.) P.W.Richards & E.C.Wallace
  • Tortella lindmaniana Brotherus, 1900
  • Tortella linearis Zander, 1993
  • Tortella malacophylla (Müll.Hal.) Paris
  • Tortella mediterranea Köckinger, Lüth, O.Werner & Ros
  • Tortella mooreae Sainsbury, 1949
  • Tortella nano-tortuosa (Müll.Hal.) Watts & Whitel.
  • Tortella natalensicespitosa (Müll.Hal.) Broth.
  • Tortella nitida Brotherus, 1902
  • Tortella novae-valesiae Brotherus, 1916
  • Tortella pallido-viridis (Müll.Hal.) Broth.
  • Tortella perrufula Brotherus, 1902
  • Tortella pilcomayica Herzog, 1916
  • Tortella platyphylla Broth. ex Iisiba
  • Tortella pseudocaespitosa Brotherus, 1902
  • Tortella pseudofragilis (Thér.) Köckinger & Hedenäs
  • Tortella richardsii E.B.Bartram
  • Tortella rigens Albertson, 1946
  • Tortella rubripes Brotherus, 1902
  • Tortella simplex H.Robinson, 1977
  • Tortella smithii C.C.Townsend, 1969
  • Tortella somaliae Zander, 1993
  • Tortella spinidens (G.Roth ex Zodda) Levier & G.Roth
  • Tortella spitsbergensis (Bizot & Thér.) O.Werner, Köckinger & Ros
  • Tortella subflavovirens Brotherus & Watts, 1911
  • Tortella theriotii Broth. & P.de la Varde
  • Tortella torquescens (Schimp. ex Müll.Hal.) Broth.
  • Tortella tortuloides (Sull. & Lesq.) Broth.
  • Tortella tortuosa Limpricht, 1888
  • Tortella undulatifolia Dixon, 1942
  • Tortella vernicosa Brotherus, 1902
  • Tortella walkeri Zander, 1993
  • Tortella xanthocarpa Brotherus, 1902

References
  1. "Tortella (Müll.Hal.) Limpr". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 12 February 2021.
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