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|accepted_name=Racopilum
|accepted_authority=P. Beauvois
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Prodr. Aethéogam.,
|place=36, 87. 1805
|year=1805
}}
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Racopilaceae;Racopilum
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Racopilaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Racopilum]]</div></div>
|etymology=Greek rhakos, rag or remnant, and pilos, felt cap, alluding to basally torn calyptra of some taxa
|volume=Volume 28
|mention_page=page 650
|treatment_page=page 246
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Plants </b>in low, tangled mats. <b>Stems</b> sometimes leafless at apices, flagelliform. <b>Leaves</b> with costa strong. <b>Sexual</b> condition autoicous or synoicous, usually pseudautoicous with dwarf male plants; perigonia axillary; perichaetial leaves small, apex long-awned. <b>Capsule</b> sulcate when dry; stomata present proximally; operculum rostrate; exostome teeth with zigzag median line; endostome segments delicate, cilia delicate, nodose. <b>Calyptra</b> usually with delicate hairs proximally, sometimes naked with age.</span><!--

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|distribution=Fla.;Mexico;West Indies;Central America;South America;Eurasia;Africa;Pacific Islands;Australia.
|discussion=<p>Species ca. 63 (1 in the flora).</p>
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name=Racopilum
|authority=P. Beauvois
|rank=genus
|parent rank=family
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Racopilaceae
|distribution=Fla.;Mexico;West Indies;Central America;South America;Eurasia;Africa;Pacific Islands;Australia.
|reference=None
|publication title=Prodr. Aethéogam.,
|publication year=1805
|special status=
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|genus=Racopilum
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