Angiopteris is a
genus of huge
evergreen ferns from the
Marattiaceae family, found throughout the
paleotropics from
Madagascar to the
South Pacific islands. Species of smaller stature with elongate synangia and creeping rhizomes are sometimes segregated into the genus
Archangiopteris, and a once-pinnate monotypic segregate genus has been called
Macroglossum, but molecular data supports inclusion of these taxa within a broad concept of
Angiopteris.