Tortella tortuosa (Hedw.) Limpr.
(Frizzled Crisp-moss)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Tortella tortuosa (Frizzled Crisp-moss)
Genus	Tortella (a genus of crisp-mosses)
Family	POTTIACEAE (beard-. beardless, earth-, pottia, stubble-, crispy- and screw-mosses)
Order	DICRANALES (pocket, fork and dog-tooth mosses)
Subclass	EUBRYIDEAE (acrocarpus and pleurocarpous mosses)
Class	BRYOPSIDA (mosses)
Phylum	BRYOPHYTA (mosses)
Subkingdom	VIRIDIPLANTAE (lower green plants)
Kingdom	PLANTAE (plants)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Tortella tortuosa is also a member of:
Macrophytes - multi-cellular plants (via Bryophyta)
Lower Plants - lower plants (via Bryophyta)

Records of Tortella tortuosa (Frizzled Crisp-moss) :
1: Tortella tortuosa (Frizzled Crisp-moss)
27 Jun 2004	OSGR: SO23	51° 60’ N, 3° 10’ W	Vice County: Brecon (VC 42)	Wales
small-leaved form on rock beside mountain stream

Tortella tortuosa (Frizzled Crisp-moss) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

EUBRYIDEAE
(acrocarpus and pleurocarpous mosses)

BRYOPSIDA
(mosses)

BRYOPHYTA
(mosses)

PLANTAE
(plants)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Tortella tortuosa (Frizzled Crisp-moss)

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 0 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Tortella tortuosa (Frizzled Crisp-moss)

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Taxonomic hierarchy:

Tortella tortuosa is also a member of:

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