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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

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

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