Hecistopteris

{{Short description|Genus of ferns}}

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| image =

| taxon = Hecistopteris

| authority = J.Sm.

|type_species = Hecistopteris pumila

|type_species_authority = (Sprengel) J.Sm.

| subdivision_ranks = Species

| subdivision =

• H. pumila (Sprengel) J.Sm.

}}

Hecistopteris is a fern genus in the Vittarioideae subfamily of the Pteridaceae.{{cite journal | first1=Maarten J. M. | last1=Christenhusz | first2=Xian-Chun | last2=Zhang | first3=Harald | last3=Schneider | title=A linear sequence of extant families and genera of lycophytes and ferns | journal=Phytotaxa | volume=19 | pages=7–54 | date=18 February 2011 | doi=10.11646/phytotaxa.19.1.2 | url=http://www.mapress.com/phytotaxa/content/2011/f/pt00019p054.pdf | issn=1179-3163}}