Tortella (plant) explained
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]
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
Notes and References
- Web site: Tortella (Müll.Hal.) Limpr. . www.gbif.org . 12 February 2021 . en.
