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

[2] A molecular phylogenetic study in 2019 suggested that Neocheiropteris was one of a group of closely related genera in the subfamily Microsoroideae, a group the authors termed "Lepisorus sensu lato".

It species were embedded in a clade in which none of the genera appeared to be monophyletic:[3] Lemmaphyllum Lepidomicrosorium + Neocheiropteris + Neolepisorus + Tricholepidium Lepisorus s.s. Paragramma (as Lepisorus longifolius) As of February 2020[update], the Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World recognized the following species, while noting that the distinction from Neolepisorus was not clear:[1] Plants of the World Online submerges Neolepisorus into Neocheiropteris,[4] although placing some species that the Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World accepts in Neolepisorus in Microsorum.

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