Distribution: Neotropics. Status, position and separation from Thelypteris see Salino et al. (2015)
= Glaphyropteris Fée; Crypt. Vasc. Brésil 2: 40 (1873)
= Dryopteris subgen.Glaphyropteris (Fée) C.Chr.; Biol. Arbejder Tilegnede Eug. Warming 80 (1911)
= Thelypteris subgen.Glaphyropteris (Fée) Alston; J. Wash. Acad. Sci. 48: 234 (1958)
= Thelypteris sect.Glaphyropteris (Fée) C.V.Morton; Amer. Fern J. 51: 31 (1961)
= Thelypteris subgen.Steiropteris (C.Chr.) K.Iwats.; Mem. Coll. Sci. Kyoto Imp. Univ., Ser. B, Biol. 31: 31 (1964)
= Glaphyropteris (Fée) C.Presl ex Fée; Crypt. Vasc. Brésil 2: 40 (1873)
= Glaphyropteris (Fée) C.Presl; Abh. Königl. Böhm. Ges. Wiss., Ser. 5, 5: 6: 344 (1848), nomen
= Phegopteris subgen.Glaphyropteris Fée; Mém. Foug. 11 (Hist. Foug. Antil.): 58 (1866)
= Steiropteris subgen.Glaphyropteris (Fée) A.R.Sm.; PhytoKeys 57: 44 (2015)