Tectariaceae Panigrahi was accepted as an independent family in a revision of fern classification in 2006 (Panigrahi, 1986; Smith et al., 2006). The family Tectariaceae formed a large clade with Oleandraceae, Polypodiaceae, and Davalliaceae. It is the basal lineage among the four families of the clade (Smith et al., 2006). Tectariaceae has usually short-creeping to ascending rhizomes with scales. The fronds are monomorphic to strongly dimorphic. The blades are pinnate, bipinnate, or decompound. The rachis and costae are usually covered by articulate multicellular hairs. The indusia are reniform or peltate. The spores are of a brownish color and are monolete or monolete with various ornaments. (Smith et al., 2006; Sun et al., 2014). Within Tectariaceae, Tectaria is the largest genus and it is taxonomically confused (Cavanilles, 1799; Copeland, 1947). This genus contains 150–210 species that are mostly distributed in tropical areas (Tryon and Tryon, 1982; Holttum, 1991). Most members of the genus Tectaria have unlobed basal pinnae, but in some species the basal pinnae are lobed, in which case the basal basiscopic lobes or pinnule are the largest. The veins are copiously anastomosing, although some species have free veinlets (Sun et al., 2014). Since Tectaria has been generally accepted as a distinct genus (Underwood, 1906; Copeland, 1907; Ching, 1931; Christensen, 1934), its taxonomic delimitation has proved controversial (Ding et al., 2014). Molecular studies on plastid and nuclear markers of Tectaria strongly supported the monophyly (Ding et al., 2014; Zhang et al., 2016; Zhang et al., 2017). The most recent molecular data suggest that Tectaria is composed of four superclades and 12 major clades (Zhang et al., 2017).