Dryopteris heterolaena Christensen (1924: 62)

Zhang, Li-Bing, 2012, Reducing the fern genus Dryopsis to Dryopteris and the systematics and nomenclature of Dryopteris subgenus Erythrovariae section Dryopsis (Dryopteridaceae), Phytotaxa 71 (1), pp. 17-27 : 21

7. Dryopteris heterolaena Christensen (1924: 62)

Type: CHINA. Sichuan: Daxiangling (Ta-Shiang-Ling), 2400 m, 28 May 1922, Harry Smith 2126 ( holotype UPS- 054776!, isotype BM-001048525!) .

Homotypic synonyms: — Ctenitis heterolaena (C.Chr.) Ching (1938: 293) , Dryopsis heterolaena (C.Chr.) Holttum & Edwards (1986: 185) .

Heterotypic synonyms: — Ctenitis chingii Z.Y.Liu & J.I.Chang in Ching & Liu (1984: 14). Type: CHINA. Chongqing: Nanchuan, Jinfo Shan, 1700 m, Z. Y. Liu et al. 4386 ( holotype PE-00044710!). — Ctenitis fengiana Ching (1941: 69) , Dryopsis fengiana (Ching) Holttum & Edwards (1986: 183) . Type: CHINA. Yunnan: Gongshan, Changmutong, 2000–2300 m, K. M. Feng 7486 ( holotype PE). — Ctenitis kwangsiensis Ching & P.S.Chiu in Ching & Wang (1981: 120), Dryopsis kwangsiensis (Ching & Chu H. Wang) Holttum & Edwards (1986: 186) . Type: CHINA. Guangxi: Wuming, Daming Shan, 800 m, 15 July 1977, P. C. Chiu 5061 ( holotype PE-00044715!). — Ctenitis omeiensis Ching & Wang (1981: 121) . Type: CHINA. Sichuan: Emei Shan, H. C. Chow 7806 ( holotype PE-00044717!). — Ctenitis tibetica Ching & Wu (1983: 274) . Type: CHINA. Xizang: Mêdog, 20 August 1974, Qinghai-Xizang Comp. Exp. 4395 ( lectotype PE-00044722!, isolectotype PE-00044721!, here designated). — Ctenitis zhejiangensis Ching & Zhang (1983: 34) . Type: CHINA. Zhejiang: Qiangyuan, He-ti, 650 m, Chao-Fang Zhang 7536 ( holotype herbarium unknown).

This species is endemic to China ( Chongqing, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hunan, Sichuan, Xizang, Yunnan, Zhejiang) .