Calochlaena

{{Short description|Genus of ferns}}

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| image_caption = Calochlaena dubia

| taxon = Calochlaena

| authority = (Maxon) M.D.Turner & R.A.White

|type_species = Calochlaena dubia

|type_species_authority = (Brown) Turner & White

| subdivision_ranks = Species

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Calochlaena is a genus of ferns within the family Dicksoniaceae.C.Michael Hogan. 2010. [http://www.eoearth.org/article/Fern?topic=49480 Fern. Encyclopedia of Earth. eds. Saikat Basu and C.Cleveland. National Council for Science and the Environment]. Washington DC.

Although these ground ferns resemble bracken, they are only distantly related. Five species are known from Melanesia, Polynesia and eastern Australia. Calochlaena dubia, is a common fern of the east coast of Australia. The name is derived from the Ancient Greek kalos "beautiful" and chlaina "cloak", and refers to the soft hairs on the species.{{APNI | name = Calochlaena | id = 4461}}

The genus was originally described by William Ralph Maxon as a subgenus of the fern genus Culcita, but the differences were such that its members were raised to genus level, and are now considered to be in separate families. Culcita was restricted to two species, one from Mediterranean Europe and one from North America.{{cite journal|title=Calochlaena, a New Genus of Dicksonioid Ferns|author=Richard A. White and Melvin D. Turner|journal=American Fern Journal| volume=78|issue=3|year=1988|pages=86–95|doi=10.2307/1547627|jstor=1547627}}