Neolepisorus

Neolepisorus is a genus of ferns in the family Polypodiaceae, subfamily Microsoroideae, according to the Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification of 2016 (PPG I).^[2]

Neolepisorus
Neolepisorus fortunei in cultivation
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Division:	Polypodiophyta
Class:	Polypodiopsida
Order:	Polypodiales
Suborder:	Polypodiineae
Family:	Polypodiaceae
Subfamily:	Microsoroideae
Genus:	Neolepisorus Ching[1]
Species
See text.
Synonyms[1]

Taxonomy

Neolepisorus was first described by Ren-Chang Ching in 1940.^[1] A molecular phylogenetic study in 2019 suggested that Neolepisorus was one of a group of closely related genera in the subfamily Microsoroideae, a group the authors termed "Lepisorus sensu lato". It species were embedded in a clade in which none of the genera appeared to be monophyletic:^[3]

Lepisorus s.l.	Lemmaphyllum Lepidomicrosorium + Neocheiropteris + Neolepisorus + Tricholepidium Lepisorus s.s. Paragramma (as Lepisorus longifolius)

Species

As of February 2020^[update], the Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World recognized the following species:^[1]

• Neolepisorus fortunei (T.Moore) Li Wang
• Neolepisorus pappei (Mett. ex Kuhn) Li Wang
• Neolepisorus zippelii (Blume) Li Wang

As of February 2020^[update], Plants of the World Online did not accept the genus, sinking it into Neocheiropteris,^[4] although placing some of its species in Microsorum.^[5]