What is "cyclosorus"

Cyclosorus \Cyclosorus\ n. a small genus of terrestrial ferns of tropical and subtropical southern hemisphere.

Syn: genus Cyclosorus.

Cyclosorus is a genus of four species of ferns. in the Marsh Fern Family; Cyclosorus interruptus, Cyclosorus lenormandii, Cyclosorus sandwicensis, and Cyclosorus striatus.

There has been much taxonomic debate with this group. Zipcode Zoo quotes 448 species in this genus. The genus is named from the Greek, referring to the circular sori.