Woodwardia

Woodwardia Temporal range: 15.6–0 Ma PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N Middle Miocene to present
Woodwardia radicans
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Division:	Pteridophyta
Class:	Polypodiopsida
Order:	Polypodiales
(unranked):	Eupolypods II
Family:	Blechnaceae
Genus:	Woodwardia Sm.
Species
Woodwardia areolata (L.) T.Moore Woodwardia fimbriata Sm. Woodwardia japonica (L.f.) Sm. Woodwardia radicans (L.) Sm. Woodwardia unigemmata (Makino) Nakai Woodwardia virginica (L.) Sm.
Synonyms
Anchistea C. Presl Chieniopteris Ching Lorinseria C. Presl

Woodwardia (chain fern) is a genus of 14 to 20 species of ferns in the family Blechnaceae, in the eupolypods II clade of the order Polypodiales, in the class Polypodiopsida. It is native to warm temperate and subtropical regions of the Northern Hemisphere. They are large ferns, with fronds growing to 50–300 cm long depending on the species.

The genus was named after Thomas Jenkinson Woodward.