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Tortella Moss

Tortella humilis Jennings 1913

Tortella humilis (Tortella Moss) is a species of woody plants in the family Pottiaceae. They are native to Distrito Federal, Bahia, Caatinga, Santa Catarina, SãO Paulo, Maranhao, Mata Atlântica, Rio Grande Do Sul, Rio De Janeiro, Espirito Santo, Paraná, Minas Gerais, Pampa, Cerrado, Mato Grosso Do Sul, GoiáS, Pernambuco, and Pantanal.

  • URI: https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q757163
  • Definition: a plant that produces wood as its structural tissue. Wood is a structural cellular adaptation that allows woody plants to grow from above ground stems year after year, thus making some woody plants the largest and tallest terrestrial plants. Wood is usually primarily composed of xylem cells with cell walls made of cellulose and lignin
  • Attribution: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woody_plant
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Known occurrences, collected specimens and observations of tortella moss. View this species on GBIF