''Tortula'' 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 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''. The rearrangement of the genus followed new studies in

gametophyte A gametophyte () is one of the two alternation of generations, alternating multicellular organism, multicellular phases in the life cycles of plants and algae. It is a haploid multicellular organism that develops from a haploid spore that has on ...

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'' (Lesq.) Steere – Tortula Moss * '' Tortula antarctica'' (Hampe) Par. – Screw Moss * '' Tortula atrovirens'' (Sm.) Lindb. – Convolute Desmatodon Moss * '' Tortula bartramii'' Steere in Grout – Bartram's Tortula Moss * '' Tortula bolanderi'' (Lesq.) Howe – Bolander's Tortula Moss * '' Tortula brevipes'' (Lesq.) Broth. – Tortula Moss * '' Tortula cainii'' Crum & Anderson – Cain's Tortula Moss * '' Tortula californica'' Bartr. – California Tortula Moss * '' Tortula canescens'' Mont. * '' Tortula caucasica'' Lindb. ex Broth. – Intermediate Pottia Moss * '' Tortula cernua'' (Huebener) R. H. Zander – Desmatodon Moss * '' Tortula chisosa'' Magill, Delgad. & L.R. Stark – Tortula Moss * '' Tortula cuneifolia'' (Dicks.) Turner * '' Tortula freibergii'' Dixon & Loeske * '' Tortula hoppeana'' (Schultz)

Ochyra Ryszard Ochyra (born 1949) is a Polish bryologist. This botanist is denoted by the author abbreviation when citing a botanical name. In 1986, botanist Jiří Váňa and (mycologist) circumscribed '' Ochyraea'', which is a genus of mosses in ...

– 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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* {{Taxonbar, from=Q657751 Pottiaceae Moss genera Taxa named by Johann Hedwig