Tortella alpicola

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Pottiales
Classification System: Goffinet et al. (down to genus level) Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Divisio: Bryophyta Classis: Bryopsida Subclassis: Dicranidae Ordo: Pottiales

Tortella alpicola Dixon, Ann. Bryol. 3: 54–55. 1930.

Heterotypic
Sarconeurum tortelloides S.W.Greene, Brit. Antarc. Surv. Sci. Rep. 64: 54. f. 28. 1970.
- Type locality: Antarctica. Alexander Island, Eros Glacier .
- Typus: leg. Taylor 529; Holotype: BIRM; Isotypes: BM, LE, NY.
Tortella tortelloides (S.W.Greene) H.Rob., Antarc. Res. Ser., Amer. Geophys. Union 20: 170. 1972.
Tortella fragilis var. tortelloides (S.W.Greene) R.H.Zander & Hoe, Bryologist 82: 84. 1979.
Tortella fragillima P.de la Varde, Ark. Bot., n.s. 3: 142. f. 7: I–K. 1955.

Dixon, H.N. 1930. Additions to the moss flora of the North-Western Himalayas. Annales Bryologici 3: 51–70. Reference page.
Greene, S.W., Greene, D.M., Brown, P.D. & Pacey, J.M. 1970. Antarctic moss flora. I. The genera Andreaea, Pohlia, Polytrichum, Psilopilum and Sarconeurum. British Antarctic Survey Scientific Reports 64: 118 pp. Reference page.

Tropicos.org 2022. Tortella alpicola. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 27 Sept. 2022.

English: tortella moss