Dicranopteris Bernh. >
Minor veinlets of the segments 2–10 times branched, rarely interspersed with a few once forked veinlets. Rhizome clothed with branched hairs. Sporangia 6–12 in each sorus. Nodes usually with a pair of divaricate accessory pinnae which are pectinato-pinnate. Spores tetrahedral in the Australian species Dicranopteris