• Pteris Gleditsch ex Scopoli, 1760 accepted as Dryopteris Adanson, 1763 [Family: Dryopteridaceae]
• Pteris Linnaeus, 1753 [Family: Pteridaceae]
• Pteris abbreviata
• Pteris altissima Poir.
• Pteris aquilina Linnaeus accepted as Pteridium aquilinum (L.) Kuhn
• Pteris arborea Linnaeus
• Pteris bahamensis (J.G. Agardh) Fée
• Pteris biaurita Linnaeus
• Pteris crassipes J.G. Agardh accepted as Pteris arborea Linnaeus
• Pteris cretica Linnaeus
• Pteris deflexa Link
• Pteris delchampsii W.H. Wagner & C.E. Nauman
• Pteris denticulata Sw.
• Pteris ensiformis Burm. f.
• Pteris excelsa Gaud.
• Pteris grandifolia Linnaeus
• Pteris heterophylla Linnaeus accepted as Anopteris hexagona (L.) C. Christens.
• Pteris hillebrandii Copeland
• Pteris irregularis Kaulfuss
• Pteris lidgatii (Baker) Christ accepted as Pteris lydgatei (Baker) Christ
• Pteris longifolia Linnaeus
• Pteris lydgatei (Baker) Christ
• Pteris multifida Poir.
• Pteris mutilata Linnaeus
• Pteris oeningensis
• Pteris plumula Desv.
• Pteris pungens Willd.
• Pteris quadriaurita auct. non Retz. accepted as Pteris plumula Desv.
• Pteris serrulata auct. non L. f. accepted as Pteris multifida Poir.
• Pteris tremula R. Br.
• Pteris tripartita Sw.
• Pteris vittata Linnaeus
• Pterisanthes Blume, 1825
• Pterisemoppa Girault, 1933
• Pterisemoppa australiensis (Girault & Dodd, 1915)
• Pterisemoppa malpighii (Girault, 1939)
• Pterisemoppa poeta Girault, 1933
• Pterisisporites Sun & Zheng, 1976 †
• Pterisopodus Boone, 1918 (uncertain)
• Pterisorus G.W. Rothwell & R.A. Stockey, 2006 †
• Pterispermostrobus Stopes, 1914 †
• Pterispermotheca Carpentier, 1919 † (uncertain)
• Pterisporis T.C. Huang ex J. Jansonius & L.V. Hills, 1980 † (uncertain)