Abstract: In the present paper, the circum cription of the genus Dryopteris subgenus Erythrovariae (H. Ito) Fraser-Jenkins is revised, and a taxonomic study on the subgenus from Yunnan Province is carried out .The subgenus contains 2 sections, 12 species in Yunnan, of which D. yongdeensis W. M. Chu is a new species, D. championii, D. erythrosora, D. gymnosora, D. indusiata and D. integriloba are first recorded from Yunnan. The confusion between Dryopteris labordei and D. gymnosora is clarified, the former being treated as an independentspecies.

Key words: Dryopteris Adans., subgenus Erythrovariae, revision, new species, new distribution, classification, Yunnan