; Bull. Fan Mem. Inst. Biol. Bot. 4: 47 (1933), nom. cons. prop.
Distribution: China (many), E- and tropical Asia, 1 Hawaii, few Africa, Madagascar and W-Pacific. Phylogeny and broad circumscription see Zhao et al. (2019), confirmed by PPG II. There is considerable taxonomic confusion in China because of previous oversplitting.
= Belvisia Mirb.; Hist. Nat. Gen. Pl. 4: 65 (1803)
= Caobangia A.R.Sm. & X.C.Zhang; Novon 12(4): 546 (2002)
= Cheiropteris Christ; Bull. Herb. Boissier 6: 876 (1898), not Chiropteris J. G. Kurr ex H. G. Bronn (1858)
= Drymotaenium Makino; Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 15: 120 (1901) (nom. rej. prop. fide Fraser-Jenkins 2008)
= Ellipinema Li Bing Zhang & Liang Zhang; Molec. Phylogen. Evol. 148: 6 (2020)
= Hyalolepis Kunze; Linnaea 23. 258 (1850)
= Hymenolepis Kaulf.; Enum. Filic. 146 (1824) (nec Cassini (1817))
= Lemmaphyllum C.Presl; Abh. Königl. Böhm. Ges. Wiss., ser. 5, 6: 157 (1851)
= Lepidogrammitis Ching; Sunyatsenia 5: 258 (1940)
= Lepidomicrosorium Ching & K.H.Shing; Bot. Res. Acad. Sin. 1983(1): 1 (1983)
= Macroplethus C.Presl; Abh. Königl. Böhm. Ges. Wiss., ser. 5, 6: 141 (1851), nom. rej.
= Neocheiropteris Christ; Bull. Soc. Bot. France 52, Mém.: 1-21 (1905) s. str.
= Neolepisorus Ching; Bull. Fan Mem. Inst. Biol. Bot. 10: 11 (1940)
= Paragramma (Blume) T.Moore; Index Filic. (T. Moore) 1: 32 (1857)
= Platygyria Ching & S.K.Wu; Acta Bot. Yunnan. 2(1): 67 (1980)
= Pleopeltis sect.Lepisorus J.Sm.; Bot. Mag. 72. Comp. 13 (1846)
= Tricholepidium Ching; Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 29(1-5): 41 (1978)
= Weatherbya Copel.; Ann. Cryptog. Phytopathol. 5 [Gen. Fil.] 191, t. 6 (1947)
= xEllipisorus Li Bing Zhang & Liang Zhang; Phytotaxa 464(4): 299 (2020)
= xLepinema Li Bing Zhang & Liang Zhang; Phytotaxa 455(4): 264 (2020)