Abstract:Anisocapium is a small genus in Athyriaceae. Up to now only two species are known, i. e. Anisocapium sheareri (Bak. ) Ching and A.cu-mingianum Prerl.Anisocapium is mainly distributed in the tropics and subtropics zone in Asia. It reaches as far as the southern part of Gansu province in northwest,the southern part in Korea and Japan in northeast, Java in Indonesia in Southern, Indian peninsula and Srilanka in southwest. (see the distribution range of Anisocapium Presl)