''Tortella'' is a genus of
moss
Mosses are small, non-vascular plant, non-vascular flowerless plants in the taxonomic phylum, division Bryophyta (, ) ''sensu stricto''. Bryophyta (''sensu lato'', Wilhelm Philippe Schimper, Schimp. 1879) may also refer to the parent group bryo ...
es belonging to the family
Pottiaceae
The Pottiaceae are a Family (biology), family of mosses. They form the most numerous moss family known, containing nearly 1500 species or more than 10% of the 10,000 to 15,000 moss species known.
Genera
The family has four subfamilies and 83 gen ...
. The genus was first described by
Karl Müller and has a
cosmopolitan distribution
In biogeography, a cosmopolitan distribution is the range of a taxon that extends across most or all of the surface of the Earth, in appropriate habitats; most cosmopolitan species are known to be highly adaptable to a range of climatic and en ...
Species
The following species are recognised in the genus ''Tortella'':
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Tortella afrocespitosa''
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Tortella alpicola''
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Tortella aprica''
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Tortella arctica''
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Tortella bambergeri''
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Tortella brotheri''
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Tortella bryotropica''
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Tortella cirrifolia''
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Tortella contortifolia''
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Tortella cryptocarpa''
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Tortella × cuspidatissima''
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Tortella cyrtobasis''
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Tortella dakinii''
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Tortella densa Tortella may refer to:
* Tortellà, a village in the province of Girona and autonomous community of Catalonia, Spain.
* ''Tortella'' (plant), a moss genus in the family Pottiaceae.
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Tortella eckendorffii''
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Tortella erosodentata''
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Tortella eutrichostomum''
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Tortella fasciculata Tortella may refer to:
* Tortellà, a village in the province of Girona and autonomous community of Catalonia, Spain.
* ''Tortella'' (plant), a moss genus in the family Pottiaceae.
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Tortella flavovirens Tortella may refer to:
* Tortellà, a village in the province of Girona and autonomous community of Catalonia, Spain.
* ''Tortella'' (plant), a moss genus in the family Pottiaceae.
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Tortella fleischeri Tortella may refer to:
* Tortellà, a village in the province of Girona and autonomous community of Catalonia, Spain.
* ''Tortella'' (plant), a moss genus in the family Pottiaceae.
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Tortella fragilis
''Tortella fragilis'' is a species of moss belonging to the family Pottiaceae.
It has cosmopolitan distribution
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Tortella fragillima Tortella may refer to:
* Tortellà, a village in the province of Girona and autonomous community of Catalonia, Spain.
* ''Tortella'' (plant), a moss genus in the family Pottiaceae.
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Tortella fristedtii Tortella may refer to:
* Tortellà, a village in the province of Girona and autonomous community of Catalonia, Spain.
* ''Tortella'' (plant), a moss genus in the family Pottiaceae.
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Tortella fruchartii Tortella may refer to:
* Tortellà, a village in the province of Girona and autonomous community of Catalonia, Spain.
* ''Tortella'' (plant), a moss genus in the family Pottiaceae.
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Tortella germainii Tortella may refer to:
* Tortellà, a village in the province of Girona and autonomous community of Catalonia, Spain.
* ''Tortella'' (plant), a moss genus in the family Pottiaceae.
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Tortella goniospora Tortella may refer to:
* Tortellà, a village in the province of Girona and autonomous community of Catalonia, Spain.
* ''Tortella'' (plant), a moss genus in the family Pottiaceae.
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Tortella grossiretis Tortella may refer to:
* Tortellà, a village in the province of Girona and autonomous community of Catalonia, Spain.
* ''Tortella'' (plant), a moss genus in the family Pottiaceae.
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Tortella guatemalensis''
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Tortella himantina''
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Tortella hosseusii''
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Tortella humilis''
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Tortella hyalinoblasta''
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Tortella inclinata''
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Tortella inflexa''
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Tortella involutifolia''
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Tortella japonica''
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Tortella jugicola''
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Tortella kmetiana''
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Tortella knightii''
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Tortella lilliputana''
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Tortella limbata''
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Tortella limosella''
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Tortella lindmaniana''
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Tortella linearis''
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Tortella malacophylla''
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Tortella mediterranea''
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Tortella mooreae''
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Tortella nano-tortuosa''
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Tortella natalensicespitosa''
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Tortella nitida''
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Tortella novae-valesiae''
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Tortella pallido-viridis''
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Tortella perrufula''
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Tortella pilcomayica''
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Tortella platyphylla''
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Tortella pseudocaespitosa''
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Tortella pseudofragilis''
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Tortella richardsii''
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Tortella rigens''
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Tortella rubripes''
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Tortella simplex''
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Tortella smithii''
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Tortella somaliae''
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Tortella spinidens''
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Tortella spitsbergensis''
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Tortella subflavovirens''
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Tortella theriotii''
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Tortella torquescens''
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Tortella tortuloides''
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Tortella tortuosa''
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Tortella undulatifolia''
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Tortella vernicosa''
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Tortella walkeri''
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Tortella xanthocarpa''
References
{{Taxonbar, from=Q2445076
Pottiaceae
Moss genera