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''