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|accepted_name=Macrothelypteris
|accepted_authority=(H. Itô) Ching
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Acta Phytotax. Sin.
|place=8: 308. 1963
|year=1963
}}
|basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Basionym
|name=Thelypteris sect. Macrothelypteris
|authority=H. Itô
|rank=section
|publication_title=in Nakai &amp; Honda, Nov. Fl. Jap.
|publication_place=4: 141. 1938
}}
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Thelypteris subg. Macrothelypteris
|authority=(H. Itô).
|rank=subgenus
}}
|hierarchy=Thelypteridaceae;Macrothelypteris
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Thelypteridaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Macrothelypteris]]</div></div>
|etymology=Greek makros, large, thelys, female, and pteris, fern
|volume=Volume 2
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Stems </b>short-creeping, thick, 1 cm diam. <b>Blades</b> 2-pinnate-pinnatifid nearly throughout, broadest at base, apex gradually reduced; pinnae pinnate-pinnatifid, sessile or stalked, not connected by wing along rachis; costae not grooved adaxially; buds absent; veins free, often forked, tips not reaching margin; rachises and costae lacking scales; indument abaxially of unbranched, septate hairs mostly over 1 mm. <b>Sori</b> round, medial to supramedial; indusia small, less than 0.3 mm diam., often obscured in mature sori; sporangial capsules bearing short-stalked glands. <b>x</b> = 31.</span><!--

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|distribution=Tropical and subtropical regions;North America;Asia;Africa;Pacific Islands;Australia in Queensland.
|discussion=<p>Species ca. 10 (1 introduced in the flora).</p>
|tables=
|references={{Treatment/Reference
|id=holttum1969a
|text=Holttum, R. E. 1969. Studies in the family Thelypteridaceae. The genera Phegopteris, Pseudophegopteris, and Macrothelypteris. Blumea 17: 5--32.
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|id=leonard1972a
|text=Leonard, S. W. 1972. The distribution of Thelypteris torresiana in the southeastern United States. Amer. Fern J. 62: 97--99.
}}
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name=Macrothelypteris
|author=Alan R. Smith
|authority=(H. Itô) Ching
|rank=genus
|parent rank=family
|synonyms=Thelypteris subg. Macrothelypteris
|basionyms=Thelypteris sect. Macrothelypteris
|family=Thelypteridaceae
|distribution=Tropical and subtropical regions;North America;Asia;Africa;Pacific Islands;Australia in Queensland.
|reference=holttum1969a;leonard1972a
|publication title=Acta Phytotax. Sin.
|publication year=1963
|special status=
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|genus=Macrothelypteris
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