Dryopteridaceae

Genera 26 Accepted species 2,423 Documented here 203 Coverage 8%

We document 203 of the 2,423 accepted species in Dryopteridaceae. The rest are listed, with their authorities and their identifiers, inside their genus. They have no page of their own because we could not find three openly licensed photographs of them, and a page without evidence is not a page we are willing to publish.

Genera we document 16 of 26

GenusDocumentedAccepted species
Dryopteris 80 458
Polystichum 55 502
Elaphoglossum 20 778
Arachniodes 10 92
Cyrtomium 7 41
Bolbitis 6 73
Lastreopsis 6 21
Parapolystichum 4 30
Ctenitis 3 148
Megalastrum 2 97
Phanerophlebia 2 10
Pleocnemia 2 21
Rumohra 2 11
Teratophyllum 2 12
Olfersia 1 4
Polybotrya 1 39

Genera we do not yet document 10 genera

Real genera, accepted by World Flora Online, for which we have not yet found three commercially licensed photographs of any species. They are listed rather than hidden.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. Family circumscription, accepted names, authorities. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.