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''Tortula'' 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 in 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 ...
.


Species

There are different classifications for the species included in the genus. The delimitation of genus Tortula is problematic and was subject to a number of alterations in the past. Some species that were earlier placed under ''
Desmatodon ''Desmatodon'' is an extinct genus of diadectid reptiliomorph. With fossils found from the Kasimovian (Missourian) stage of the Late Carboniferous of Pennsylvania, Colorado, and New Mexico in the United States, ''Desmatodon'' is the oldest known ...
'', '' Phascum'' and '' Pottia'' have been made part of genus ''Tortula'', while other species that had been formerly placed in this genus became part of '' Hennediella,'' '' Microbryum'' and ''
Syntrichia ''Syntrichia'' is a large, cosmopolitan genus of mosses in the family Pottiaceae. The genus name is of Greek origin for "with" and "hair", referring to the "twisted peristome united by a basal membrane". , the World Flora Online accepts 114 spec ...
''. The rearrangement of the genus followed new studies in
gametophyte A gametophyte () is one of the two alternating multicellular phases in the life cycles of plants and algae. It is a haploid multicellular organism that develops from a haploid spore that has one set of chromosomes. The gametophyte is the se ...
characteristics.Wolfgang Frey, Michael Stech, Eberhard Fischer: ''Bryophytes and Seedless Vascular Plants'' (= Syllabus of Plant Families. 3). 13th edition. Borntraeger, Berlin 2009, , pp. 182, 183 * '' Tortula acaulon'' (With.) R. H. Zander ** '' Tortula acaulon var. pilifera'' (Schreb. ex Hedw.) R.H. Zander * '' Tortula ammonsiana'' Crum & Anderson – Ammons' Tortula Moss * '' Tortula amphidiacea'' (C. Müll.) Broth. – Tortula Moss * ''
Tortula amplexa ''Tortula'' is a genus of mosses in the family Pottiaceae. Species There are different classifications for the species included in the genus. The delimitation of genus Tortula is problematic and was subject to a number of alterations in the pa ...
'' (Lesq.) Steere – Tortula Moss * '' Tortula antarctica'' (Hampe) Par. – Screw Moss * '' Tortula atrovirens'' (Sm.) Lindb. – Convolute Desmatodon Moss * ''
Tortula bartramii ''Tortula'' is a genus of mosses in the family Pottiaceae. Species There are different classifications for the species included in the genus. The delimitation of genus Tortula is problematic and was subject to a number of alterations in the pa ...
'' Steere in Grout – Bartram's Tortula Moss * ''
Tortula bolanderi ''Tortula'' is a genus of mosses in the family Pottiaceae. Species There are different classifications for the species included in the genus. The delimitation of genus Tortula is problematic and was subject to a number of alterations in the pa ...
'' (Lesq.) Howe – Bolander's Tortula Moss * ''
Tortula brevipes ''Tortula'' is a genus of mosses in the family Pottiaceae. Species There are different classifications for the species included in the genus. The delimitation of genus Tortula is problematic and was subject to a number of alterations in the pa ...
'' (Lesq.) Broth. – Tortula Moss * ''
Tortula cainii ''Tortula'' is a genus of mosses in the family Pottiaceae. Species There are different classifications for the species included in the genus. The delimitation of genus Tortula is problematic and was subject to a number of alterations in the pa ...
'' Crum & Anderson – Cain's Tortula Moss * ''
Tortula californica ''Tortula'' is a genus of mosses in the family Pottiaceae. Species There are different classifications for the species included in the genus. The delimitation of genus Tortula is problematic and was subject to a number of alterations in the pa ...
'' Bartr. – California Tortula Moss * ''
Tortula canescens ''Tortula'' is a genus of mosses in the family Pottiaceae. Species There are different classifications for the species included in the genus. The delimitation of genus Tortula is problematic and was subject to a number of alterations in the pa ...
'' Mont. * ''
Tortula caucasica ''Tortula'' is a genus of mosses in the family Pottiaceae. Species There are different classifications for the species included in the genus. The delimitation of genus Tortula is problematic and was subject to a number of alterations in the pa ...
'' Lindb. ex Broth. – Intermediate Pottia Moss * ''
Tortula cernua ''Tortula cernua'', the narrowleaf screw moss, or flamingo moss, is a widely-distributed species of moss in the family Pottiaceae. First described in 1833, it is characterised by elliptical leaves with distinctive bordered margins and spore capsu ...
'' (Huebener) R. H. Zander – Desmatodon Moss * ''
Tortula chisosa ''Tortula'' is a genus of mosses in the family Pottiaceae. Species There are different classifications for the species included in the genus. The delimitation of genus Tortula is problematic and was subject to a number of alterations in the pa ...
'' Magill, Delgad. & L.R. Stark – Tortula Moss * ''
Tortula cuneifolia ''Tortula'' is a genus of mosses in the family Pottiaceae. Species There are different classifications for the species included in the genus. The delimitation of genus Tortula is problematic and was subject to a number of alterations in the pa ...
'' (Dicks.) Turner * ''
Tortula freibergii ''Tortula'' is a genus of mosses in the family Pottiaceae. Species There are different classifications for the species included in the genus. The delimitation of genus Tortula is problematic and was subject to a number of alterations in the pa ...
'' Dixon & Loeske * ''
Tortula hoppeana ''Tortula'' is a genus of mosses in the family Pottiaceae. Species There are different classifications for the species included in the genus. The delimitation of genus Tortula is problematic and was subject to a number of alterations in the pas ...
'' (Schultz)
Ochyra Ryszard Ochyra (born 1949) is a Polish bryologist. He has focused on moss systematics of the Southern Hemisphere, specifically in the families Amblystegiaceae, Dicranaceae, Grimmiaceae, and Seligeriaceae. Throughout his career, he has describe ...
– Wideleaf Desmatodon Moss * '' Tortula lindbergii'' Kindb. ex Broth. – Lance Pottia Moss * '' Tortula lingulata'' Lindb. * '' Tortula marginata'' (Bruch & Schimp.) Spruce * '' Tortula mucronifolia'' Schwägr. – Mucronleaf Tortula Moss * ''
Tortula muralis ''Tortula muralis'', commonly known as wall screw-moss, is a species of moss in the family Pottiaceae. ''T. muralis'' is found throughout the world. Taxonomy Due to the diversity of the genus ''Tortula'', there are groups of taxa within the ge ...
'' Hedw. – Wall Screw-moss ** '' Tortula muralis var. aestiva'' Brid. ex Hedw. ** '' Tortula muralis var. muralis'' Hedw. * '' Tortula obtusifolia'' (Schwägr.) Mathieu – Obtuseleaf Desmatodon Moss * '' Tortula obtusissima'' (C. Müll.) Mitt. – Obtuse Tortula Moss * '' Tortula papillosissima'' (Copp.) Broth. – Tortula Moss * '' Tortula paulsenii'' Broth. * '' Tortula princeps'' De Not. – Tortula Moss * '' Tortula protobryoides'' R. H. Zander – Pottia Moss * '' Tortula rhizophylla'' (Sak.) Iwats. & Saito – Tortula Moss * '' Tortula schimperi'' Cano, O. Werner & J. Guerra * '' Tortula scotteri'' Zand. & Steere – Scotter's Tortula Moss * '' Tortula stanfordensis'' Steere – Stanford * '' Tortula subulata'' Hedw. – Tortula Moss * '' Tortula truncata'' (Hedw.) Mitt. – Truncate Pottia Moss


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* {{Authority control Pottiaceae Moss genera Taxa named by Johann Hedwig