# Tortella (plant)

Tortella is a genus of mosses belonging to the family Pottiaceae. The genus was first described by Karl Müller and has a cosmopolitan distribution

## Species

The following species are recognised in the genus Tortella:
* Tortella afrocespitosa (Müll.Hal.) Broth.
* Tortella alpicola Dixon, 1929
* Tortella aprica Brotherus, 1902
* Tortella arctica (Arnell) A.C.Crundwell & Nyholm
* Tortella bambergeri (Schimp.) Broth.
* Tortella brotheri Brotherus, 1902
* Tortella bryotropica Zander, 1987
* Tortella cirrifolia Brotherus, 1902
* Tortella contortifolia Brotherus, 1906
* Tortella cryptocarpa Zander, 1993
* Tortella × cuspidatissima (Cardot & Thér.) O.Werner, Köckinger & Ros
* Tortella cyrtobasis Dixon, 1935
* Tortella dakinii J.H.Willis, 1955
* Tortella densa (Lorentz & Molendo) Crundw. & Nyholm
* Tortella eckendorffii Zander, 1993
* Tortella erosodentata Sakurai
* Tortella eutrichostomum (Müll.Hal.) Broth.
* Tortella fasciculata (Culm.) Culm
* Tortella flavovirens Brotherus, 1902
* Tortella fleischeri (E.Bauer) J.J.Amann
* Tortella fragilis Limpricht, 1888
* Tortella fragillima Potier de la Varde, 1955
* Tortella fristedtii Brotherus, 1902
* Tortella fruchartii Zander, 1993
* Tortella germainii Brotherus, 1902
* Tortella goniospora Zander, 1993
* Tortella grossiretis E.B.Bartram
* Tortella guatemalensis E.B.Bartram
* Tortella himantina (Besch.) Broth.
* Tortella hosseusii Herzog, 1939
* Tortella humilis Jennings, 1913
* Tortella hyalinoblasta Broth.
* Tortella inclinata Limpricht, 1888
* Tortella inflexa Brotherus, 1902
* Tortella involutifolia Dixon, 1932
* Tortella japonica (Besch.) Broth.
* Tortella jugicola Paris, 1906
* Tortella kmetiana Pilous, 1961
* Tortella knightii Brotherus, 1902
* Tortella lilliputana Zander, 1993
* Tortella limbata Geheeb & Herzog, 1910
* Tortella limosella (Stirt.) P.W.Richards & E.C.Wallace
* Tortella lindmaniana Brotherus, 1900
* Tortella linearis Zander, 1993
* Tortella malacophylla (Müll.Hal.) Paris
* Tortella mediterranea Köckinger, Lüth, O.Werner & Ros
* Tortella mooreae Sainsbury, 1949
* Tortella nano-tortuosa (Müll.Hal.) Watts & Whitel.
* Tortella natalensicespitosa (Müll.Hal.) Broth.
* Tortella nitida Brotherus, 1902
* Tortella novae-valesiae Brotherus, 1916
* Tortella pallido-viridis (Müll.Hal.) Broth.
* Tortella perrufula Brotherus, 1902
* Tortella pilcomayica Herzog, 1916
* Tortella platyphylla Broth. ex Iisiba
* Tortella pseudocaespitosa Brotherus, 1902
* Tortella pseudofragilis (Thér.) Köckinger & Hedenäs
* Tortella richardsii E.B.Bartram
* Tortella rigens Albertson, 1946
* Tortella rubripes Brotherus, 1902
* Tortella simplex H.Robinson, 1977
* Tortella smithii C.C.Townsend, 1969
* Tortella somaliae Zander, 1993
* Tortella spinidens (G.Roth ex Zodda) Levier & G.Roth
* Tortella spitsbergensis (Bizot & Thér.) O.Werner, Köckinger & Ros
* Tortella subflavovirens Brotherus & Watts, 1911
* Tortella theriotii Broth. & P.de la Varde
* Tortella torquescens (Schimp. ex Müll.Hal.) Broth.
* Tortella tortuloides (Sull. & Lesq.) Broth.
* Tortella tortuosa Limpricht, 1888
* Tortella undulatifolia Dixon, 1942
* Tortella vernicosa Brotherus, 1902
* Tortella walkeri Zander, 1993
* Tortella xanthocarpa Brotherus, 1902