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

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 (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.

• Pottiaceae
• Moss genera