Aleuritopteris is a genus of ferns in the Cheilanthoideae subfamily of the Pteridaceae. As with some other genera of the Cheilanthoideae, molecular phylogenetic studies have suggested that it is not monophyletic, and so may need to be circumscribed differently in future.
Taxonomy Aleuritopteris is one of a number of genera split off from Cheilanthes in some approaches, including the Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification of 2016 (PPG I), in which the genus has about 40 species. , Plants of the World Online includes Aleuritopteris within Hermionitis, a much smaller Cheilanthoideae genus in PPG I. Allosorus was recognized as a separate genus in PPG I, but was included in Aleuritopteris by the Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World on the grounds that it was wrongly lectotypified.
Species , the Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World recognized the following species and hybrids:
Aleuritopteris agetae Saiki Aleuritopteris albofusca (Baker) Pic. Serm. Aleuritopteris albomarginata (C.B.Clarke) Ching Aleuritopteris anceps (Blanf.) Panigrahi Aleuritopteris argentea (S.G.Gmel.) Fée Aleuritopteris aurantiaca (Cav.) Ching Aleuritopteris belensis (Weath. ex Copel.) H.Schneid. Aleuritopteris bicolor (Roxb.) Fraser-Jenk. Aleuritopteris bullosa (Kunze) Ching Aleuritopteris chrysophylla (Hook.) Ching Aleuritopteris × confundans Fraser-Jenk. Aleuritopteris dealbata (C.Presl) Fée Aleuritopteris dubia (Hope) Ching Aleuritopteris duclouxii (Christ) Ching Aleuritopteris duthiei (Baker) Ching Aleuritopteris ebenipes X.C.Zhang Aleuritopteris farinosa (Forsk.) Fée Aleuritopteris formosana (Hayata) Tagawa Aleuritopteris × fraser-jenkinsii (Thapa) Fraser-Jenk. & Khullar Aleuritopteris × gardneri Fraser-Jenk. Aleuritopteris × godavariensis Fraser-Jenk. & Khullar Aleuritopteris gongshanensis G.M.Zhang Aleuritopteris grevilleoides (Christ) G.M.Zhang & X.C.Zhang Aleuritopteris grisea (Blanf.) Panigrahi Aleuritopteris hainanensis Zhang, B., (2026)Zhang, B., Wang, T., Zhang, G. L., Zhao, G. H., Liu, Z. Y., Wang, F. G., Yan, Y. H., & Chen, H. F. (2026). Aleuritopteris hainanensis (Pteridaceae), a new species from Hainan, China. Ecology and Evolution, 16, e72770. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.72770 Aleuritopteris × hamiltonii Fraser-Jenk. Aleuritopteris × khasiana Fraser-Jenk. Aleuritopteris krameri (Franch. & Sav.) Ching Aleuritopteris leptolepis (Fraser-Jenk.) Fraser-Jenk. Aleuritopteris × nepalensis Fraser-Jenk. Aleuritopteris niphobola (C.Chr.) Ching Aleuritopteris × pangteyi Fraser-Jenk. & E.Wollenw. Aleuritopteris papuana (C.Chr.) H.Schneid. Aleuritopteris parishii Fraser-Jenk. Aleuritopteris pygmaea Ching Aleuritopteris rosulata (C.Chr.) Ching Aleuritopteris rouxii Fraser-Jenk. & E.Wollenw. Aleuritopteris rufa (D.Don) Ching Aleuritopteris scioana (Chiov.) Fraser-Jenk. & Dulawat Aleuritopteris siamensis S.K.Wu Aleuritopteris sichouensis Ching & S.K.Wu Aleuritopteris speciosa Ching & S.K.Wu Aleuritopteris squamosa (Hope & Wright) Ching Aleuritopteris stenochlamys Ching Aleuritopteris subargentea Ching ex S.K.Wu Aleuritopteris subdimorpha (C.B.Clarke & Baker) Fraser-Jenk. Aleuritopteris tamburii (Hook.) Ching Aleuritopteris × unicolor Fraser-Jenk. & Khullar Aleuritopteris veitchii (Christ) Ching Aleuritopteris × vermae (Fraser-Jenk. & Viane) Fraser-Jenk. & Khullar Aleuritopteris × wallichiana Fraser-Jenk. Aleuritopteris welwitschii (Hook. ex Baker) Ching Aleuritopteris wollenweberi Fraser-Jenk. Aleuritopteris yalungensis H.S.Kung
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