''Tortella'' is a genus of
moss
Mosses are small, non-vascular flowerless plants in the taxonomic division Bryophyta (, ) '' sensu stricto''. Bryophyta (''sensu lato'', Schimp. 1879) may also refer to the parent group bryophytes, which comprise liverworts, mosses, and hor ...
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, cosmopolitan distribution is the term for the range of a taxon that extends across all or most of the world in appropriate habitats. Such a taxon, usually a species, is said to exhibit cosmopolitanism or cosmopolitism. The ext ...
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