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|familia=Dryopteridaceae
|genus=Gymnocarpium
|habit=fern
|habit_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia ISBN 0881925381
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'''''Gymnocarpium''''' is a small genus of ferns once placed with various other groups, including the dryopteroid ferns and the athyrioid ferns.  Cladistic analysis has demonstrated that ''Gymnocarpium'' and ''[[Cystopteris]]'' form a natural but relatively primitive clade that is basal to the asplenoid, thelypterioid, and athyrioid ferns comprehensively.

''Gymnocarpium'' sori are small, round and naked.  These ferns generally have a slender, creeping rhizome under the surface of the ground, and fairly thin-textured fronds.