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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-d0_s0" data-properties="whole_organism growth form;mat position;mat arrangement"><b>Plants </b>in low, tangled mats.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s1" data-properties="stem architecture;stem shape"><b>Stems </b>sometimes leafless at apices, flagelliform.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s2" data-properties="costa fragility"><b>Leaves </b>with costa strong.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s3" data-properties="leaf reproduction;whole_organism reproduction;whole_organism reproduction;whole_organism reproduction;whole_organism height;whole_organism reproduction;whole_organism growth form"><b>Sexual </b>condition autoicous or synoicous, usually pseudautoicous with dwarf male plants;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s4" data-properties="perigonium position">perigonia axillary;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s5" data-properties="perichaetial leaf size;apex architecture or shape">perichaetial leaves small, apex long-awned.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s6" data-properties="capsule architecture"><b>Capsule </b>sulcate when dry;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s7" data-properties="stoma presence">stomata present proximally;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s8" data-properties="operculum shape">operculum rostrate;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s9" data-properties="">exostome teeth with zigzag median line;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s10" data-properties="endostome segment fragility;cilium fragility;cilium shape">endostome segments delicate, cilia delicate, nodose.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s11" data-properties="calyptra architecture;hair fragility"><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>
|tables=
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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
|apex architecture or shape=long-awned
|calyptra architecture=naked
|capsule architecture=sulcate
|cilium fragility=delicate
|cilium shape=nodose
|costa fragility=strong
|endostome segment fragility=delicate
|hair fragility=delicate
|leaf reproduction=sexual
|mat arrangement=tangled
|mat position=low
|operculum shape=rostrate
|perichaetial leaf size=small
|perigonium position=axillary
|stem architecture=leafless
|stem shape=flagelliform
|stoma presence=absent
|whole_organism growth form=plant;plant
|whole_organism height=dwarf
|whole_organism reproduction=male;pseudautoicous;synoicous;autoicous
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