星蕨属

Link, Hort. Berol. 2: 110. 1833; Copel., Univ. Calif. Publ. Bot. 16: 111. 1929; Ching, Bull. Fan Mem. Inst. Biol. 4: 293. 1933; C. Chr., Ind. Fil. Suppl. 3: 128. 1934; C. Chr. et Tardieu, Not. Syst. 4: 193. 1939; Tardieu et C. Chr. in Fl. Indo-Chine 7 (2): 477. 1941; Copel., Gen. Fil. 195. 1947; Holttum, Fl. Mal. Rev. 2: 170. 1954;傅书遐, 中国主要植物图说·蕨类植物门225. 1957; A. N. Steward, Man. Vasc. Pl. Low. Yangtze Vall. China 55. 1958; Copel., Fern Fl. Philipp. 476. 1960; Ching et al. in W. Y. Chun etal., Fl. Hainan. 1: 177. 1964; Schelpe in Fl. Zambesiaca 156. 1970; Y. L. Zhang et al., Sporae Pterid. Sin. 357. 1976: Ching, Acta Phytotax. Sin. 3: 18. 1978; Edie, Ferns Hong Kong 125. 1978: D. L. Jones et S. C. Clemesha, Austr. Ferns Fern All. sec. nd. 169, 1980; B. Z. Ding et al., Fl. Henan. 1: 110. 1981: V. G. Tu, Novosti Sist. Vyssh. Rast. 18: 19. 1981; Fl. Fujian. 1: 246. 1982; Ching et S. K. Wu in Fl. Xizang. 1: 325. 1983; Jacobsen, Ferns Fern All. South. Africa 312. 1983; 陈仁钧, 安徽植物志1: 201. 1985; M. Kato et M. G. Price, Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 41: 65. 1990; Tagawa etK. lwats., Fl. Thailand 4: 523. 1989; Hennipman et al. in Kramer et Green, Fam. et Gen. Vasc. Pl. 219. 1990; Fl. Fujian. 1: 246. 1991; S. H. Wu et Ching, Fern Fan. et Gen. China 533. 1991; Bosman, Monogr. Microsorum, Leidon Bot. Ser. 14: 69. 1991; B. S. Parris etal., Pl. Mount. Kinabalu I. Ferns et Fern All. 104. 1992; S. X. Xuin J. F. Cheng et G. F. Chu, Fl. Jiangxi 1: 337. 1993; Shing in W.T. Wang et al., Vasc. Pl. Hengduan Mts. 1: 181. 1993; Shieh, DeVol et C. M. Kuo, Fl. Taiwan 2nd ed. 1: 498. 1994; S. P. Khullar, Ill. Fern Fl. W. Himalaya 1: 120. 1994; S. F. Wu in W. T. Wang, Keys Vasc. Pl. Wuling Mount. 71. 1995; R. J. Johns, Ind. Fil. Suppl. 229. 1996; Noot., Blumea 42: 294. 1997. ——Type. Microsorum irregulare Link [＝M. punctatum (L.) Copel.].——Microsorunt Sect. Eumicrosorium Fee, Gen. Fil. 268. 1850-1852; Ching, Bull. Fan Mem. Inst. Biol. 4: 296. 1933: V. G. Tu, Novosti Sist. Vyssh. Rast. 18: 19. 1981; S. H. Wu et Ching, Fern Fam. et Gen. China 534. 1991. ——Type: Microsorum punctatum (L.) Copel. ——Microsorum Sect. Eumicrosorium Subsect. Subtriquetra Tu, Novosti Sist. Vyssh. Rast. 18: 19. 1981. ——Type: Microsorum subtriquetrum (Christ) C. Chr. et Tardieu. ——Microsorum Sect. Eumicrosorium sub Sect. hymenodia Tu, Novosti Sist. Vyssh. Rast. 18: 19. 1981. ——Type: Microsorum hymenodes (Kunze) Ching.——Microsorum Sect. Dissidentes Fee, Gen. Fil. 269. 1850-1852: Ching, Bull. Fan Mem. Inst. Biol. 4: 296. 1933; V. G. Tu, Novosti Sist. Vyssh. Rast. 18: 22. 1981: S. H. Wu etChing, Fern Fam. et Gen. China 534. 1991. ——Type: Microsorum hancockii (Baker) Ching. ——Kaulinia Nayar, Taxon 13: 67. 1964.——Type：Kaulinia pteropus (Blume) Nayar.

中型或大型附生植物，稀为土生。根状茎粗壮，横走，肉质，有网状中柱，被鳞片；鳞片棕褐色，阔卵形至披针形，具粗筛孔。叶远生或近生；叶柄基部有关节；单叶，披针形，少为戟形或羽状深裂；叶脉网状，小脉连接成不整齐的网眼，内藏小脉分叉，顶端有一个水囊；叶草质至革质，无毛或很少被毛，不被鳞片。孢子囊群圆形，着生于网脉连接处，通常在中脉与叶边间不规则散生，少有在中脉两侧排成不规则的1-2行，不具盾状隔丝；孢子囊的环带由14-16个增厚细胞组成。孢子豆形，两侧对称，单裂缝，周壁表面平坦至浅瘤状或具不规则褶皱。染色体数目n=36，37。

约有40种，主要分布于亚洲热带，少数到达非洲。中国有9种。

属模式：Microsorum punctatum (L.) Copel.