Family CN: Wood-fern Family Family Code: DRYOPT Family Parent: [in POLYPODIALES] Family Authority: Ching 1965 Summary: A family of about 40-45 genera and 1700 species, cosmopolitan in distribution, but concentrated in temperate and montane areas. Here circumscribed (following Smith et al. 2006) to exclude Onocleaceae and Woodsiaceae. Reference: Smith in FNA (1993b); Smith et al. (2006); Lellinger (1985); Kramer et al. in Kramer & Green (1990). Last Updated: 2020-01-01 Publish: 1