| Name | Tortula ruralis (Hedwig) G. Gaertner, B. Meyer & Scherbius |
| Authorship | (Hedwig) G. Gaertner, B. Meyer & Scherbius |
| Rank | Species |
| Placed in | Tortula Hedwig |
| Contains | Tortula ruralis var. alpina Wahlenberg Tortula ruralis var. hirsuta (Venturi) Paris Tortula ruralis var. ruraliformis (Bescherelle) De Wildeman |
| Citation | 1802 Oekon. Fl. Wetterau 3(2): 91 |
| Holdings | 369 Specimens held in the Harvard University Herbaria identified as Tortula ruralis (Hedwig) G. Gaertner, B. Meyer & Scherbius |
| Identification made in | [no date] (369) |