Arthropteris

{{Short description|Genus of ferns}}

{{distinguish|Arthropterus}}

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| image = Ground Fern - Macquarie Pass National Park.jpg

| image_caption = Arthropteris tenella

| image2 = Arthropteris tenellamobot31753002702303 0411.jpg

| image2_caption = Arthropteris tenella Plate LXXXII

| taxon = Arthropteris

| authority = J.Sm. ex Hook.f.

| subdivision_ranks = Species

| subdivision = See text.

}}

Arthropteris is a small genus of ferns in family Tectariaceae, according to the Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification of 2016 (PPG I). It was previously placed in the families Oleandraceae or Davalliaceae. The genus is native to Australia, Europe, Asia and Africa.{{cite web|url=http://zipcodezoo.com/Key/Plantae/Arthropteris_Genus.asp |title=Arthropteris (Genus) |accessdate=2011-03-06 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110718154545/http://zipcodezoo.com/Key/Plantae/Arthropteris_Genus.asp |archivedate=2011-07-18 }}{{Cite web|url=http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=gn&name=Arthropteris|title = PlantNET - FloraOnline}}{{Cite web |url=http://homepages.caverock.net.nz/~bj/fern/arthropteris.htm |title=Arthropteris species of fern in the world |access-date=2011-03-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081017051321/http://homepages.caverock.net.nz/~bj/fern/arthropteris.htm |archive-date=2008-10-17 |url-status=dead }} Around 12 to 21 species are considered part of this genus. The name Arthropteris is from the Greek, meaning "jointed fern", referring to the joint at the base of the petiole.Les Robinson - Field Guide to the Native Plants of Sydney, {{ISBN|978-0-7318-1211-0}} page 309

The type species is Arthropteris tenella.{{APNI2|id=102590|name=Arthropteris tenella}}Hooker, J.D. (1854) [https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15950912 The botany of the Antarctic voyage of H.M. discovery ships Erebus and Terror. II. Flora Novae-Zelandiae 2(5): 43], [https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15951270 t. 82]