Tortella

Classification System: Goffinet et al. (down to genus level)

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Divisio: Bryophyta
Classis: Bryopsida
Subclassis: Dicranidae
Ordo: Pottiales

Familia: Pottiaceae
Genus: Tortella
Species: T. alpicola – T. aprica – T. brotheri – T. bryotropica – T. cirrifolia – T. contortifolia – T. cryptocarpa – T. cyrtobasis – T. dakinii – T. eckendorffii – T. elkantarensis – T. flavovirens – T. fragilis – T. fragillima – T. fristedtii – T. fruchartii – T. germainii – T. goniospora – T. goughii – T. hosseusii – T. humilis – T. inclinata – T. inflexa – T. involutifolia – T. jugicola – T. kmetiana – T. knightii – T. lilliputana – T. limbata – T. lindmaniana – T. linearis – T. mooreae – T. nitida – T. novae-valesiae – T. perrufula – T. pilcomayica – T. pseudocaespitosa – T. rigens – T. rubripes – T. simplex – T. smithii – T. somaliae – T. subflavovirens – T. tortuosa – T. undulatifolia – T. vernicosa – T. walkeri – T. xanthocarpa
Name

Tortella (Lindb.) Limpr. in Rabenh., 1888
Vernacular names
English: tortella moss
suomi: Kiertosammalet

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:[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

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