Abstract:

The  genus Dryopteris of the Dryopteridaceae is one of the largest gen-

era in pteridophytes, which contains about 300 species and is distributed through-

out the world. There are about 200 species of this genus in China, of which at

least 88 are present in Yunnan.

     In this paper, the author presents a classification synopsis of the genus

Dryopteris.

Subg. I    Pycnopteris (T. Moore )Ching    1 species

Subg. II.   Dryopteris

Sect. 1.   Hirtipedes Fraser-Jenkins       19 species

Sect. 2.    Pandae Fraser-Jenkins          1 species

Sect. 3.   Fibrillosae Ching               18 species

Sect. 4.   Chrysocomae S. G. Lu            7 species

Sect. 5.   Caespitosae S.G.Lu              5 species

Sect. 6.   Pallidae Fraser- Jenkins         10 species

Sect. 7.   Marginatae Fraser-Jenkins       7 species

Sect. 8.   Splendentes Fraser- Jenkins       2 species

Sect. 9.   Purpurascentes Fraser- Jenkins    1 species

 Sect. 10.  Nephrocystis H. I tô             3 species

 Subg. llI.  Erythrovariae (H. I tô ) Fraser-Jenkins, emend. S.G. Lu

 Sect. 11.   Erythrovariae                  11 species

 Sect. 12.   Variae Fraser- Jenkins          3 species

     A key to these groups is given and all the species are enumerated in the pres-

 ent paper.

Key words: Classification, Dryopteris, Yunnan