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Tortula

The genus Tortula is in the family Pottiaceae in the major group Bryophytes (Mosses and liverworts).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Tortula

See "Status", "Confidence level", "Source" for definitions.

Name Status Confi­dence level Source
Tortula acaulon (With.) R.H. Zander Accepted M TRO
Tortula aculeonervis (Müll. Hal.) Broth. Accepted M TRO
Tortula alpina (Brid.) Arn. Accepted M TRO
Tortula altipes (Broth.) R.H. Zander Accepted M TRO
Tortula amblyophylla (Mont.) Thér. Accepted M TRO
Tortula amoena (Schumach.) Brid. Accepted M TRO
Tortula amphidiifolia (Müll. Hal.) Broth. Accepted M TRO
Tortula amplexa (Lesq.) Steere Accepted M TRO
Tortula anacamptophylla (Müll. Hal.) Broth. Accepted M TRO
Tortula anderssonii Ångström Accepted M TRO
Tortula andicola Mont. Accepted M TRO
Tortula androgyna (Müll. Hal.) Broth. Accepted M TRO
Tortula annulus (Müll. Hal.) Broth. ex Paris Accepted M TRO
Tortula antarctica (Hampe) Wilson Accepted M TRO
Tortula arenacea (Sull. & Lesq.) Culm. Accepted M TRO
Tortula arenae (Besch.) Broth. Accepted M TRO
Tortula areolata (C. Knight) Fife Accepted M TRO
Tortula argentinica (Broth.) R.H. Zander Accepted M TRO
Tortula atrovirens (Sm.) Lindb. Accepted M TRO
Tortula austroalpina (Müll. Hal.) Broth. Accepted M TRO
Tortula austromuralis (Müll. Hal.) Broth. ex Paris Accepted M TRO
Tortula austroruralis (Müll. Hal.) Broth. Accepted M TRO
Tortula baetica (Casas & R. Oliva) J. Guerra & Ros Accepted M TRO
Tortula berteroana (Müll. Hal.) Broth. ex Paris Accepted M TRO
Tortula bogosica (Müll. Hal.) R.H. Zander Accepted M TRO
Tortula bogotensis (Hampe) Mitt. Accepted M TRO
Tortula bolanderi (Lesq. & James) M. Howe Accepted M TRO
Tortula brachyaichme (Müll. Hal.) Broth. Accepted M TRO
Tortula brachyangia (Müll. Hal. & Kindb.) Broth. Accepted M TRO
Tortula brachypila (Müll. Hal.) Broth. Accepted M TRO
Tortula brachypoda (Cardot & Thér.) Broth. Accepted M TRO
Tortula brachytricha (Müll. Hal.) Broth. Accepted M TRO
Tortula brevimucronata (Müll. Hal.) Broth. Accepted M TRO
Tortula brevipes (Lesq.) Broth. Accepted M TRO
Tortula brevisetacea (Hampe ex F. Muell.) Thér. Accepted M TRO
Tortula brunnea (Müll. Hal.) Broth. Accepted M TRO
Tortula bullata (Sommerf.) Lindb. Accepted M TRO
Tortula bushii (Cardot & Thér.) Steere Accepted M TRO
Tortula buyssonii (H. Philib.) Broth. Accepted M TRO
Tortula calcicolens W.A. Kramer Accepted M TRO
Tortula canescens Mont. Accepted M TRO
Tortula capillaris (Dixon ex P.C. Chen) R.H. Zander Accepted M TRO
Tortula cernua (Huebener) Lindb. Accepted M TRO
Tortula characodonta (Müll. Hal.) Broth. Accepted M TRO
Tortula chionostoma (Venturi) Broth. Accepted M TRO
Tortula chrysoblasta (Müll. Hal.) Broth. ex Paris Accepted M TRO
Tortula chrysopila (Müll. Hal.) Paris Accepted M TRO
Tortula chungtienia R.H. Zander Accepted M TRO
Tortula closteri (Austin) Austin Accepted M TRO
Tortula conotricha (Müll. Hal.) Paris Accepted M TRO
Tortula contorta (Hampe) Mont. Accepted M TRO
Tortula convoluta (Hedw.) P. Gaertn., B. Mey. & Scherb. Accepted M TRO
Tortula costesii Thér. Accepted M TRO
Tortula crawfordii (Paris) Watts Accepted M TRO
Tortula cruegeri (Sond. ex Müll. Hal.) Mitt. Accepted M TRO
Tortula cuneifolia (Dicks.) Turner Accepted M TRO
Tortula cuspidatissima (Müll. Hal.) Broth. Accepted M TRO
Tortula deciduidentata (Sharp & Z. Iwats.) R.H. Zander Accepted M TRO
Tortula densifolia (Hook. f. & Wilson) Hook. f. & Wilson Accepted M TRO
Tortula deserta (Müll. Hal.) Broth. Accepted M TRO
Tortula diaguita (R.H. Zander & Mahu) Cano & M. T. Gallego Accepted M TRO
Tortula egelingii (Schlieph.) Broth. Accepted M TRO
Tortula elaphrotricha (Müll. Hal.) Broth. ex Watts & Whitel. Accepted M TRO
Tortula elata (Müll. Hal.) Durieu & Mont. Accepted M TRO
Tortula emarginata (Dozy & Molk.) Mitt. Accepted M TRO
Tortula entosthodontacea (Cardot & Dixon) R.H. Zander Accepted M TRO
Tortula erubescens (Mitt.) Mitt. Accepted M TRO
Tortula erythroneura (Müll. Hal.) Broth. Accepted M TRO
Tortula erythrotricha (Müll. Hal.) Broth. Accepted M TRO
Tortula exesa (Müll. Hal.) Broth. Accepted M TRO
Tortula fallax (Hedw.) Schrad. ex Turner Accepted M TRO
Tortula filaris (Müll. Hal.) Broth. Accepted M TRO
Tortula fiorii (Venturi) G. Roth Accepted M TRO
Tortula flagellaris (Schimp.) Mont. Accepted M TRO
Tortula flexomarginata (Müll. Hal. & Hampe) Mitt. Accepted M TRO
Tortula fontana (Müll. Hal.) Broth. Accepted M TRO
Tortula fuegiana (Mitt.) Mitt. Accepted M TRO
Tortula fuscomucronata (Müll. Hal.) Broth. Accepted M TRO
Tortula glaucescens (Hampe) Mitt. Accepted M TRO
Tortula guepinii (Bruch & Schimp.) Broth. Accepted M TRO
Tortula handelii Schiffner Accepted M TRO
Tortula hildebrandtii (Müll. Hal.) Broth. Accepted M TRO
Tortula hirsuta (Venturi) Lazarenko Accepted M TRO
Tortula hoppeana (Schultz) Ochyra Accepted M TRO
Tortula humida Mitt. Accepted M TRO
Tortula humilis (Hedw.) Turner Accepted M TRO
Tortula husnotii (Schimp. ex Besch.) Broth. Accepted M TRO
Tortula hyalinotricha (Müll. Hal.) Broth. Accepted M TRO
Tortula inermis (Brid.) Mont. Accepted M TRO
Tortula israelis Bizot & F. Bilewsky Accepted M TRO
Tortula kabir-khanii (Broth.) R.H. Zander Accepted M TRO
Tortula laeviuscula (Kindb.) Broth. Accepted M TRO
Tortula lamprocalyx (Müll. Hal.) Mont. Accepted M TRO
Tortula lanceola R.H. Zander Accepted M TRO
Tortula lanceolata (Hedw.) Lindb. Accepted M TRO
Tortula latifolia (Brid.) Mont. Accepted M TRO
Tortula latrobeana (Müll. Hal.) Mitt. Accepted M TRO
Tortula laureri (Schultz) Lindb. Accepted M TRO
Tortula lazarenkoi L.I. Savicz Accepted M TRO
Tortula lechleri (Müll. Hal.) Broth. Accepted M TRO
Tortula leikipiae (Müll. Hal.) Broth. Accepted M TRO
Tortula leiostoma Herzog Accepted M TRO
Tortula lepto-syntrichia (Müll. Hal.) Broth. Accepted M TRO
Tortula leptotheca (Broth.) P.C. Chen Accepted M TRO
Tortula leucochlora (Müll. Hal.) Broth. Accepted M TRO
Tortula leucostoma (R. Br.) Hook. & Grev. Accepted M TRO
Tortula lingulata Lindb. Accepted M TRO
Tortula lithophila Dusén Accepted M TRO
Tortula longirostris (Hampe) Mitt. Accepted M TRO
Tortula mac-owiana (Müll. Hal.) Broth. Accepted M TRO
Tortula macrotricha (Cardot & Thér.) Broth. Accepted M TRO
Tortula magellanica Mont. Accepted M TRO
Tortula marginata (Bruch & Schimp.) Spruce Accepted M TRO
Tortula maritima (R. Br. bis) R.H. Zander Accepted M TRO
Tortula megalocarpa (Kindb.) Broth. Accepted M TRO
Tortula melbourneana (Müll. Hal.) Broth. Accepted M TRO
Tortula meridionalis (Luisier) Guim. Accepted M TRO
Tortula meruensis (Müll. Hal.) Broth. Accepted M TRO
Tortula mexicana (Hampe ex Müll. Hal.) Mitt. Accepted M TRO
Tortula minor (Müll. Hal.) R.H. Zander Accepted M TRO
Tortula minutirosula (Müll. Hal.) Broth. Accepted M TRO
Tortula mniifolia (Sull.) Mitt. Accepted M TRO
Tortula modica R.H. Zander Accepted M TRO
Tortula mongolica (Boros) Ochyra Accepted M TRO
Tortula mucronifolia Schwägr. Accepted M TRO
Tortula mucronulata (Dicks. ex With.) Turner Accepted M TRO
Tortula muralis Hedw. Accepted M TRO
Tortula muricola (Müll. Hal.) Mitt. Accepted M TRO
Tortula murina (Müll. Hal.) Broth. Accepted M TRO
Tortula mutica (Schultz) Lindb. Accepted M TRO
Tortula nana (Müll. Hal.) Broth. Accepted M TRO
Tortula navicularis (Mitt.) Broth. Accepted M TRO
Tortula neomexicana (Sull. & Lesq.) Broth. Accepted M TRO
Tortula nevadensis (Cardot & Thér.) R.H. Zander Accepted M TRO
Tortula novogranatensis (Hampe) Mitt. Accepted M TRO
Tortula obtusifolia (Schwägr.) Mathieu Accepted M TRO
Tortula oranica (Müll. Hal.) Broth. Accepted M TRO
Tortula pallida (Lindb.) R.H. Zander Accepted M TRO
Tortula panduraefolia (Müll. Hal. & Hampe) Broth. Accepted M TRO
Tortula perpusilla (Müll. Hal.) Broth. Accepted M TRO
Tortula perrubiginosa (Dusén) Paris Accepted M TRO
Tortula perrufula (Müll. Hal.) R.S. Williams Accepted M TRO
Tortula phaea (Hook. f. & Wilson) Dixon Accepted M TRO
Tortula pilifera Hook. Accepted M TRO
Tortula plinthobia (Sull. & Lesq.) Broth. Accepted M TRO
Tortula podocarpi (Müll. Hal.) Broth. Accepted M TRO
Tortula porteri (James) Broth. Accepted M TRO
Tortula preissiana (Müll. Hal.) Broth. Accepted M TRO
Tortula propinqua (Müll. Hal.) Broth. Accepted M TRO
Tortula protobryoides R.H. Zander Accepted M TRO
Tortula pseudoaciphylla (Kindb.) Broth. Accepted M TRO
Tortula pseudoantarctica (Müll. Hal.) Broth. Accepted M TRO
Tortula pseudohandelii J. Froehl. Accepted M TRO
Tortula pseudopilifera (Hampe & Müll. Hal.) Mitt. Accepted M TRO
Tortula pugionata (Müll. Hal.) Broth. Accepted M TRO
Tortula quitoensis Taylor Accepted M TRO
Tortula raucopapillosa (X.J. Li) R.H. Zander Accepted M TRO
Tortula raui (Austin) Austin Accepted M TRO
Tortula readeri (Müll. Hal.) Broth. Accepted M TRO
Tortula rectifolia (Taylor) Mitt. Accepted M TRO
Tortula rehmannii (Müll. Hal.) Sim Accepted M TRO
Tortula reticularia (Müll. Hal.) Broth. Accepted M TRO
Tortula revolvens (Schimp.) G. Roth Accepted M TRO
Tortula rhodonia R.H. Zander Accepted M TRO
Tortula robusta Hook. & Grev. Accepted M TRO
Tortula rotundo-emarginata (Müll. Hal. & Kindb.) Broth. Accepted M TRO
Tortula rubella Hook. & Wilson Accepted M TRO
Tortula rubra Mitt. Accepted M TRO
Tortula rufa (Schimp. ex Besch.) Broth. Accepted M TRO
Tortula rufipila (Cardot & Thér.) Broth. Accepted M TRO
Tortula savatieri (Besch.) Broth. Accepted M TRO
Tortula saxicola Cardot Accepted M TRO
Tortula schlimii (Müll. Hal.) Mitt. Accepted M TRO
Tortula schmidii (Müll. Hal.) Broth. Accepted M TRO
Tortula semi-rubra (Müll. Hal.) Broth. Accepted M TRO
Tortula solmsii (Schimp.) Limpr. Accepted M TRO
Tortula solomensis (Broth.) R.H. Zander Accepted M TRO
Tortula spathulata (Harv.) Mitt. Accepted M TRO
Tortula splachnoides (Hornsch.) R.H. Zander Accepted M TRO
Tortula stenocarpa (Hampe) Mitt. Accepted M TRO
Tortula streptopogoniacea (Müll. Hal.) Broth. Accepted M TRO
Tortula stricta (Hedw.) P. Beauv. Accepted M TRO
Tortula subagraria (Müll. Hal.) Broth. Accepted M TRO
Tortula subcalycina (Müll. Hal.) Mitt. Accepted M TRO
Tortula subcuneifolia (Kindb.) Broth. Accepted M TRO
Tortula subintermedia (Renauld & Cardot) Cardot Accepted M TRO
Tortula sublimbata (Mitt.) Broth. Accepted M TRO
Tortula submegalocarpa (Kindb.) Broth. Accepted M TRO
Tortula submontana Broth. Accepted M TRO
Tortula submuralis (Müll. Hal.) Broth. Accepted M TRO
Tortula submutica Broth. Accepted M TRO
Tortula subspathulata (Müll. Hal.) Broth. Accepted M TRO
Tortula subspiralis (Hampe) Broth. Accepted M TRO
Tortula subtorquescens (Müll. Hal. & Kindb.) Broth. Accepted M TRO
Tortula subulata Hedw. Accepted M TRO
Tortula subulifolia (Sull.) Mitt. Accepted M TRO
Tortula systylia (Schimp.) Lindb. Accepted M TRO
Tortula tasmanica (Hampe) Mitt. Accepted M TRO
Tortula teretiuscula (Schimp.) Mitt. Accepted M TRO
Tortula thomsonii (Müll. Hal.) R.H. Zander Accepted M TRO
Tortula tonkinensis (Besch.) R.H. Zander Accepted M TRO
Tortula torquatifolia (Geh.) Dixon Accepted M TRO
Tortula truncata (Hedw.) Mitt. Accepted M TRO
Tortula truncatula (With.) Lindb. Accepted M TRO
Tortula ucrainica (Lazarenko) R.H. Zander Accepted M TRO
Tortula vahliana (Schultz) Mont. Accepted M TRO
Tortula vesiculosa (Müll. Hal.) Broth. Accepted M TRO
Tortula virescens (De Not.) De Not. Accepted M TRO
Tortula viridifolia (Mitt.) Blockeel & A.J.E. Sm. Accepted M TRO
Tortula vlassovii (Lazarenko) Ros & Herrnst. Accepted M TRO
Tortula wilsonii (Hook.) R.H. Zander Accepted M TRO

Statistics

The Plant List includes 773 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Tortula. Of these 211 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 252 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Tortula. We do not intend The Plant List to be complete for names of infraspecific rank. These are primarily included because names of species rank are synonyms of accepted infraspecific names.

Species names

The status of the 773 species names for the genus Tortula recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Status Total
Accepted 211 27.3%
Synonym 419 54.2%
Unplaced 0 0%
Unassessed 143 18.5%

All names

The status of the 1,025 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Tortula recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Status Total
Accepted 289 28.2%
Synonym 561 54.7%
Unplaced 0 0%
Unassessed 175 17.1%

The confidence with which the status of the 773 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Tortula, are assigned as follows:

Confidence level Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Total
High confidence 0 0 0 0 0 0%
Medium confidence 211 418 0 0 629 81.4%
Low confidence 0 1 0 143 144 18.6%

The source of the species name record found in The Plant List for the genus Tortula, are as follows:

Source of record Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Misapplied Total
Tropicos 211 419 0 143 0 773 100%