Megalastrum

Megalastrum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Division: Polypodiophyta
Class: Polypodiopsida
Order: Polypodiales
Suborder: Polypodiineae
Family: Dryopteridaceae
Subfamily: Elaphoglossoideae
Genus: Megalastrum
Holttum
Species

See text.

Synonyms
  • Ctenitis sect. Subincisae (C.Chr.) Tindale
  • Dryopteris sect. Subincisae C.Chr.

Megalastrum is a genus of ferns in the family Dryopteridaceae, subfamily Elaphoglossoideae, in the Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification of 2016 (PPG I). The genus has around 100 species, mainly found in tropical America and Africa.