Ctenopterella is a genus of ferns in the family Polypodiaceae, subfamily Grammitidoideae, according to the Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification of 2016 (PPG I).

[2] Hairs, where present, are unbranched and branched, from whitish to brown in color.

Sori are borne beneath pinnae or lobes, sometimes slightly sunken into the leaf tissue, usually in two rows but rarely in one.

[4] In 2015, she transferred three more species from Ctenopteris, including one she had formerly placed in synonymy, in preparation for a monograph on the genus.

[7] As of February 2020[update], the Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World accepted the following species and hybrids:[8]