Dracoglossum was originally treated in Tectaria, but is not related and was therefore placed in the familyDryopteridaceae. It appears to be most closely related to the genus Lomariopsis.[2] Molecular evidence has confirmed this placement and it is now firmly placed in family Lomariopsidaceae, with which it shares characters of habit and stelar structure.[1][3]
The species differ in the presence or absence of an indusium covering each of their sori. Dracoglossum has a creeping rhizome. The leaves are simple and proliferate by vegetative buds (leaf buds) at the apex.
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^Christenhusz, Maarten J.M.; Jones, Mirkka; Lehtonen, Samuli (2013). "Phylogenetic placement of the enigmatic fern genus Dracoglossum". American Fern Journal. 103 (2): 131–138. doi:10.1640/0002-8444-103.2.131. S2CID85744608.
