| Name | Dryopteris protecta Copeland |
| Authorship | Copeland |
| Rank | Species |
| NomenclaturalStatus | NomLeg |
| Placed in | Dryopteris Adanson |
| GUID | urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:17392110-1 |
| Citation | 1942 Univ. Calif. Publ. Bot. 18: 221 |
| Holdings | 1 Specimen held in the Harvard University Herbaria identified as Dryopteris protecta Copeland |
| Identification made in | [no date] (1) |