| Name |
Pronunciation |
Meaning |
| rugosula | roo-GO-suh-luh | Small, with wrinkles |
| Lophosoria | lof-oh-SOR-ee-uh | From the Greek words lophos (crest, tuft) and soros (heap, spore case) |
| appressa | ap-PRESS-uh | Lying close together |
| x copelandii | 1: Hybrid. Named for Dr. Edwin Bingham Copeland, 19th century botanist and agriculturist
2: kope-LAND-ee-eye | Hybrid. Named for 20th century botany professor at the City College of New York |
| Marattia | muh-RAT-tia | After 18th century Benedictine abbot Giovanni Maratti |
| Mildella | MIL-del-luh | After 19th century German botanist Carl August Julius Milde |
| marantae | muh-RAN-tay | After 16th century Venetian botanist Bartolomea Maranti |
| vulgatum | vul-GAIT-um | Common |
| vulgatus | vul-GAIT-us | Common |
| vulgata | vul-GAIT-uh | Common |
| Oreopteris | or-ee-OP-ter-sis | From the Greek words oros (mountain) and orchis (orchid); refers to the habitat |
| limbosperma | lim-boh-SPER-muh | From the Greek words limbo (marginal) and spermum (seed) |
| limbospermum | lim-boh-SPER-mum | From the Greek words limbo (marginal) and spermum (seed) |
| Paesia | PESS-ee-uh | Named for 17th century Portuguese administrator in Minas Geraes Fernando Dias Paes Leme |
| nitidula | ni-TID-yoo-luh | Shiny, glossy |
| connectilis | kon-NEK-til-is | Joined |
| hexagonopterum | heks-uh-gon-OP-ter-um | Six winged |
| Phymatosorus | fy-ma-toh-SOR-us | From the Greek words phyma (tubercle, swelling) and soros (vessel, urn, spore case) |
| elephantotis | el-eh-fun-TOH-tis | Of the elephants |
| ellisii | el-LIS-ee-eye | Named for 18th century Irish/English naturalist and botanical collector John Ellis |
| Ellisia | el-LIS-ee-uh | Named for 18th century Irish/English naturalist and botanical collector John Ellis |
| hillii | HILL-ee-eye | For 20th century superintendent of the Australian Brisbane Botanic Gardens, Walter Hill |
| madagascariense | mad-uh-gas-KAR-ee-EN-see | Of or from Madagascar |
