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

Species

The following species are recognised in the genus Tortella:

• Tortella afrocespitosa
• Tortella alpicola
• Tortella aprica
• Tortella arctica
• Tortella bambergeri
• Tortella brotheri
• Tortella bryotropica
• Tortella cirrifolia
• Tortella contortifolia
• Tortella cryptocarpa
• Tortella × cuspidatissima
• Tortella cyrtobasis
• Tortella dakinii
• Tortella densa
• Tortella eckendorffii
• Tortella erosodentata
• Tortella eutrichostomum
• Tortella fasciculata
• Tortella flavovirens
• Tortella fleischeri
• Tortella fragilis
• Tortella fragillima
• Tortella fristedtii
• Tortella fruchartii
• Tortella germainii
• Tortella goniospora
• Tortella grossiretis
• Tortella guatemalensis
• Tortella himantina
• Tortella hosseusii
• Tortella humilis
• Tortella hyalinoblasta
• Tortella inclinata
• Tortella inflexa
• Tortella involutifolia
• Tortella japonica
• Tortella jugicola
• Tortella kmetiana
• Tortella knightii
• Tortella lilliputana
• Tortella limbata
• Tortella limosella
• Tortella lindmaniana
• Tortella linearis
• Tortella malacophylla
• Tortella mediterranea
• Tortella mooreae
• Tortella nano-tortuosa
• Tortella natalensicespitosa
• Tortella nitida
• Tortella novae-valesiae
• Tortella pallido-viridis
• Tortella perrufula
• Tortella pilcomayica
• Tortella platyphylla
• Tortella pseudocaespitosa
• Tortella pseudofragilis
• Tortella richardsii
• Tortella rigens
• Tortella rubripes
• Tortella simplex
• Tortella smithii
• Tortella somaliae
• Tortella spinidens
• Tortella spitsbergensis
• Tortella subflavovirens
• Tortella theriotii
• Tortella torquescens
• Tortella tortuloides
• Tortella tortuosa
• Tortella undulatifolia
• Tortella vernicosa
• Tortella walkeri
• Tortella xanthocarpa

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