"Genus Microsorium" ba ingantacciyar kalma ba ce a cikin harshen Ingilishi. Duk da haka, akwai nau'in ferns mai suna "Microsorum," wanda zai iya zama abin da kuke nufi. Wadannan ferns ana yawan girma a matsayin tsire-tsire na ado a cikin lambuna da kuma a matsayin tsire-tsire na gida. Sunan "Microsorum" ya samo asali ne daga kalmomin Helenanci "micros," ma'ana ƙanana, da "soros," ma'ana spore, yana nufin ƙananan girman spores da waɗannan ferns suka samar.