Family 40. Athyriaceae Alston, Taxon 5: 25 (1956).

5 genera. ( Anisocampium, Athyrium, Cornopteris, Deparia, Diplazium)

Reference: Kato (1977), Wang et al. (2004).

The Athyriaceae include the majority of genera placed by Smith et al. (2006a, 2008) in Woodsiaceae . The generic classification will need further study especially in the context of the monophyly of Athyrium and Diplazium .