Tectaria

Rhizome stout, creeping or erect; rhizome scales, thin, entire. Fronds tufted, herbaceous to coriaceous. Stipe shiny, scaly, not articulated. Lamina 2-pinnatifid to 3-pinnate, basal pinnae often basiscopically developed, often with proliferating buds along the lamina axis; ultimate segments entire or lobed; veins anastomosing with or without included veinlets. Sori round; indusia peltate or round-kidney-shaped or absent.