Tortula Hedw.
(a genus of pottia and screw-mosses)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
images		 No of
ID refs
Tortula acaulon
Cuspidate Earth-moss
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 		Species 2 images
Tortula muralis
Wall Screw-moss
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 		Species 8 images
Tortula schimperi
a moss
Species 1 ident. refs
Tortula truncata
Common Pottia
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 		Species 6 images
Taxonomic hierarchy:
GenusTortula (a genus of pottia and screw-mosses)
FamilyPOTTIACEAE (beard-. beardless, earth-, pottia, stubble-, crispy- and screw-mosses)
OrderDICRANALES (pocket, fork and dog-tooth mosses)
SubclassEUBRYIDEAE (acrocarpus and pleurocarpous mosses)
ClassBRYOPSIDA (mosses)
PhylumBRYOPHYTA (mosses)
SubkingdomVIRIDIPLANTAE (lower green plants)
KingdomPLANTAE (plants)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

Tortula (a genus of pottia and screw-mosses) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Tortula (a genus of pottia and screw-mosses)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 4 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Tortula (a genus of pottia and screw-mosses)
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