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The genus Orthotrichum is in the family Orthotrichaceae in the major group Bryophytes (Mosses and liverworts).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Orthotrichum

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See "Status", "Confidence level", "Source" for definitions.

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source
Orthotrichum aequatoreum Mitt.	Accepted		TRO
Orthotrichum affine Schrad. ex Brid.	Accepted		TRO
Orthotrichum alpestre Hornsch. ex B.S.G.	Accepted		TRO
Orthotrichum anomalum Hedw.	Accepted		TRO
Orthotrichum arnellii Gronvall	Accepted		TRO
Orthotrichum assimile Müll. Hal.	Accepted		TRO
Orthotrichum aucklandicum (Vitt) Goffinet	Accepted		TRO
Orthotrichum barclayi (Mitt.) Kindb.	Accepted		TRO
Orthotrichum bartramii R.S. Williams	Accepted		TRO
Orthotrichum bicolor Thér.	Accepted		TRO
Orthotrichum bistratosum (Schiffner) J. Guerra	Accepted		TRO
Orthotrichum calcareum (Venturi) Venturi	Accepted		TRO
Orthotrichum callistomum Fisch.-Oost. ex Bruch & Schimp.	Accepted		TRO
Orthotrichum calvum Hook. f. & Wilson	Accepted		TRO
Orthotrichum carinatum (Mitt.) Mitt.	Accepted		TRO
Orthotrichum compactum Dusén	Accepted		TRO
Orthotrichum consimile Mitt.	Accepted		TRO
Orthotrichum consobrinum Cardot	Accepted		TRO
Orthotrichum crenulatum Mitt.	Accepted		TRO
Orthotrichum cupulatum Hoffm. ex Brid.	Accepted		TRO
Orthotrichum cyathiforme R. Br. bis	Accepted		TRO
Orthotrichum delavayi (Broth. & Paris) T. Cao	Accepted		TRO
Orthotrichum diaphanum Schrad. ex Brid.	Accepted		TRO
Orthotrichum elegantulum Schimp. ex Mitt.	Accepted		TRO
Orthotrichum elongatum Taylor	Accepted		TRO
Orthotrichum eremitense (Mitt.) Mitt.	Accepted		TRO
Orthotrichum erubescens Müll. Hal.	Accepted		TRO
Orthotrichum euryphyllum Venturi	Accepted		TRO
Orthotrichum exiguum Sull.	Accepted		TRO
Orthotrichum fasciculatum (Brid.) Brid.	Accepted		TRO
Orthotrichum firmum Venturi	Accepted		TRO
Orthotrichum fuegianum (Mitt.) Mitt.	Accepted		TRO
Orthotrichum glabellum (Mitt.) Mitt.	Accepted		TRO
Orthotrichum graphiomitrium Müll. Hal. ex Beckett	Accepted		TRO
Orthotrichum gymnomitrium (Müll. Hal.) Broth.	Accepted		TRO
Orthotrichum gymnostomum Bruch ex Brid.	Accepted		TRO
Orthotrichum hercynicum (Hedw.) P. Beauv.	Accepted		TRO
Orthotrichum heteromallum Schwägr.	Accepted		TRO
Orthotrichum hookeri Wilson ex Mitt.	Accepted		TRO
Orthotrichum hortense Bosw.	Accepted		TRO
Orthotrichum johnstonii E.B. Bartram	Accepted		TRO
Orthotrichum laevigatum J.E. Zetterst.	Accepted		TRO
Orthotrichum laxifolium Wilson	Accepted		TRO
Orthotrichum lobbianum (Mitt.) Mitt.	Accepted		TRO
Orthotrichum longitheca R. Br. bis	Accepted		TRO
Orthotrichum lyellii Hook. & Taylor	Accepted		TRO
Orthotrichum macounii Austin	Accepted		TRO
Orthotrichum macrocalycinum (Mitt.) Mitt.	Accepted		TRO
Orthotrichum mandonii Schimp. ex Hampe	Accepted		TRO
Orthotrichum maritimum (Müll. Hal. & Kindb.) Kindb.	Accepted		TRO
Orthotrichum megalosporum (Venturi) Kindb.	Accepted		TRO
Orthotrichum nicholsonii (Culm.) Culm.	Accepted		TRO
Orthotrichum obtusifolium Brid.	Accepted		TRO
Orthotrichum obtusiusculum (Müll. Hal. & Kindb.) Kindb.	Accepted		TRO
Orthotrichum pallens Bruch ex Brid.	Accepted		TRO
Orthotrichum paraguense Besch.	Accepted		TRO
Orthotrichum pariatum Mitt.	Accepted		TRO
Orthotrichum piliferum (Schwägr.) Arn.	Accepted		TRO
Orthotrichum polare Lindb.	Accepted		TRO
Orthotrichum psychrophilum Mont.	Accepted		TRO
Orthotrichum pulchellum Brunt.	Accepted		TRO
Orthotrichum pumilum Sw.	Accepted		TRO
Orthotrichum pungens Mitt.	Accepted		TRO
Orthotrichum pusillum Mitt.	Accepted		TRO
Orthotrichum pycnophyllum Schimp.	Accepted		TRO
Orthotrichum pylaisii Brid.	Accepted		TRO
Orthotrichum recurvifolium (Hornsch.) Müll. Hal.	Accepted		TRO
Orthotrichum rehmannii (Jur.) Kindb.	Accepted		TRO
Orthotrichum rogeri Brid.	Accepted		TRO
Orthotrichum rupestre Schleich. ex Schwägr.	Accepted		TRO
Orthotrichum scabridum (Kindb.) Kindb.	Accepted		TRO
Orthotrichum scanicum Gronvall	Accepted		TRO
Orthotrichum schofieldii (B.C. Tan & Y. Jia) B.H. Allen	Accepted		TRO
Orthotrichum sordidum Sull. & Lesq.	Accepted		TRO
Orthotrichum speciosum Nees	Accepted		TRO
Orthotrichum sprucei x diaphanum H. Philib.	Accepted		TRO
Orthotrichum stellatum Brid.	Accepted		TRO
Orthotrichum stramineum Hornsch.	Accepted		TRO
Orthotrichum strictum (Venturi) Broth.	Accepted		TRO
Orthotrichum tasmanicum Hook. f. & Wilson	Accepted		TRO
Orthotrichum tenellum Bruch ex Brid.	Accepted		TRO
Orthotrichum trachymitrium Mitt.	Accepted		TRO
Orthotrichum uncinatum (Brid.) Arn.	Accepted		TRO
Orthotrichum urnigerum Myrin	Accepted		TRO
Orthotrichum vexabile (Limpr.) K. Krieg.	Accepted		TRO

Statistics

The Plant List includes 611 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Orthotrichum. Of these 85 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 238 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Orthotrichum. We do not intend The Plant List to be complete for names of infraspecific rank. These are primarily included because names of species rank are synonyms of accepted infraspecific names.

Species names

The status of the 611 species names for the genus Orthotrichum recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	85	13.9%
◕	Synonym	356	58.3%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	170	27.8%

All names

The status of the 849 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Orthotrichum recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	175	20.6%
◕	Synonym	473	55.7%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	201	23.7%

The confidence with which the status of the 611 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Orthotrichum, are assigned as follows:

	Confidence level	Accepted	Synonym	Unplaced	Unassessed	Total
	High confidence	0	0	0	0	0	0%
	Medium confidence	85	356	0	0	441	72.2%
	Low confidence	0	0	0	170	170	27.8%

The source of the species name record found in The Plant List for the genus Orthotrichum, are as follows: