Tortula

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Tortula is a genus of mosses in the family Pottiaceae.

Tortula
Tortula ruralis , commonly known as 'twisted moss' and 'star moss'.[1]
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Tortula

Species

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Species

There are different classifications for the species included in the genus.[2][3][4]

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, 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.[5][6] The rearrangement of the genus followed new studies in gametophyte characteristics.[7][8]

References

  1. ^ Matthews, Robin F. 1993. Tortula ruralis. In: Fire Effects Information System, [Online]. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, Fire Sciences Laboratory (Producer).
  2. ^ "Tortula Hedw". ITIS. Retrieved 3 March 2017.
  3. ^ "Tortula". Kew Plant List. Kew Botanical Gardens. Retrieved 3 March 2017.
  4. ^ "Tortula Hedw". NCBI. Retrieved 3 March 2017.
  5. ^ Zander, R. H. (1989). "Seven new genera in Pottiaceae (Musci) and a lectotype for Syntrichia". Phytologia. 65: 424–436.
  6. ^ Zander, R. H. (1993). "Genera of the Pottiaceae: Mosses of harsh environments". Bulletin of the Buffalo Society of Natural History. 32.
  7. ^ Jan-Peter Frahm, Wolfgang Frey: Moosflora (= UTB. 1250). 4., revised and expanded edition. Ulmer, Stuttgart 2004, ISBN 3-8252-1250-5.
  8. ^ Wolfgang Frey, Michael Stech, Eberhard Fischer: Bryophytes and Seedless Vascular Plants (= Syllabus of Plant Families. 3). 13th edition. Borntraeger, Berlin 2009, ISBN 978-3-443-01063-8, pp. 182, 183