Abstract:Twenty species of ferns, belonging to 7 genera in 5 families, are firstly reported from Hunan province. They are Adiantum bonatianum, Arachniodes aristatissima. A. attenuate. A. grossa. A. nanchuanensis, A. nigrospinosa. A. reducta. A. setifera; Arthromeris lehmannii, A. mairei, Polystichum assurgentipinnum, P. incisopianulum. P. mayebarae. P. pseudosetosum. P. shimurae. P. subulatum; Cyrtomium aequibasis; Ctenitis dentisora, C. wantsingshanica, Elaphohlossum mcclurei.