Schizaeaceae is a family of 35 to 40 species of small ferns, chiefly tropical.

Genera historically treated as belonging to this family include Anemia

Anemia (fern)

Species of the genus Anemia are sometimes called flowering ferns, but this term is more commonly applied to ferns of the genus Osmunda. It is sometimes classified in family Schizaeaceae...

, Lygodium

Lygodium

Lygodium is a genus of about 40 species of ferns, native to tropical regions across the world, with a few temperate species in eastern Asia and eastern North America...

, and Mohria

Mohria

The fern genus Mohria is a small one of eight species, restricted to southern Africa and Madagascar. Plants in this genus superficially resemble Cheilanthes, but the sporangial structure indicates their close affinity to Anemia...

. However, striking differences in morphology and chromosome numbers, as well as known fossil history, indicate that these are best segregated into different families.

As in Osmunda

Osmunda

Osmunda is a genus of primarily temperate-zone ferns of family Osmundaceae. Five to ten species have been listed for this genus.The species have completely dimorphic fronds or pinnae , green photosynthetic sterile fronds, and non-photosynthetic spore-bearing fertile pinnae, with large, naked...

, the sporangia are borne on specialised pinnae, distinct from ordinary vegetative pinnae.