The genus Lepidomicrosorum was separated from Microsorum Link by Ching and Shing in 1983.It is characterized by minute scattered sori covered with peltate and subsessile paraphyses when young.

• 鳞果星蕨属是从星蕨属中划分出来的，其孢子囊群上幼时覆盖着近无柄的鳞片状隔丝。