See text Schizaea is a small genus of specialized ferns in the family Schizaeaceae.

The sterile fronds (trophophylls) are grass-like, and the spore-bearing fertile frond (sporophyll) is similar, but with a small, pinnate fertile segment at its apex.

The upper surface of the pinnules bear the sessile capsules.

(Southern comb fern) S. robusta Baker 1868 S. pusilla Pursh (Curly grass fern) S. pectinata (L.) Sw. S. poeppigiana Sturm S. sprucei Hook.

S. elegans (Vahl) Sw. S. fluminensis Miers ex Sturm S. medusa Kuo et al. 2022 S. bifida Willd.