Arthropteris J.Sm. ex Hook.f.
Sori dorsal, in a single row on each side of costa, terminal on veinlets. Indusium round-reniform to vestigial. Sporangia of mixed maturation; spores oblong, with epispore. Rhizome epiphytic, far-creeping, solenostelic, paleate. Stipites articulated at or near rhizome. Fronds pinnate, articulated to rhachis; veins free. About 20 spp., mainly of New Guinea, New Caledonia and Madagascar. Genus published in Hook. f. Fl. N.Z. 2, 1855, 53.