Rhachitheciaceae

{{short description|Family of haplolepideous mosses}}

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| name = Rhachitheciaceae

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| taxon = Rhachitheciaceae

| authority = H. Rob.

| subdivision_ranks = Genera

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Seven genera, see text

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Rhachitheciaceae is a family of haplolepideous mosses in the subfamily Dicranidae.{{cite book |last1=Goffinet |first1=B. |first2=W. R. |last2=Buck |first3=A. J. |last3=Shaw |year=2008 |chapter=Morphology and Classification of the Bryophyta |pages=55–138 |editor-last1=Goffinet |editor-first1=B. |editor-first2=J. |editor-last2=Shaw |title=Bryophyte Biology |edition=2nd |location=New York |publisher=Cambridge University Press |isbn=978-0-521-87225-6 |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=te0fAwAAQBAJ&pg=PT108}}{{cite web |last1=Goffinet |first1=B. |first2=W.R. |last2=Buck |title=Classification of extant moss genera |website=Classification of the Bryophyta |url=http://bryology.uconn.edu/classification/#DICRANIDAE |access-date=8 April 2020}}{{cite bryonames |taxon=Dicranidae |access-date=21 November 2024}} It was formerly placed in the order Dicranales, but is now placed in order Rhabdoweisiales along with family Rhabdoweisiaceae.