| A modern multilingual glossary for taxonomic pteridology DB Lellinger, CH Rolleri, C Feuillet, PG Windisch American Fern Society 3, 1-263, 2002 | 367 | 2002 |
| A field manual of the ferns & fern-allies of the United States & Canada DB Lellinger (No Title), 1985 | 346 | 1985 |
| The ferns and fern-allies of Costa Rica, Panama, and the Chocó DB Lellinger American Fern Society, 1989 | 225 | 1989 |
| The disposition of Trichopteris (Cyatheaceae) DB Lellinger American Fern Journal 77 (3), 90-94, 1987 | 101 | 1987 |
| A classification of spore ornamentation in the Pteridophyta DB Lellinger, WC Taylor Holttum Memorial Volume. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, 33-42, 1997 | 81 | 1997 |
| Flora of the Guianas: Ferns and Ferns Allies. Hymenophyllaceae DB Lellinger, ARA Görts-VanRijn Koeltz Scientific Books, 1994 | 60 | 1994 |
| Some new species of Campyloneurum and a provisional key to the genus DB Lellinger American Fern Journal 78 (1), 14-34, 1988 | 58 | 1988 |
| The Polypodiaceae subfamily Asplenioideae in Venezuela. CV Morton Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 15, 1-49, 1966 | 52 | 1966 |
| NOMENCLATURAL AND TAXONOMIC NOTES ON THE PTERIDOPHYTES OF COSTA RICA, PANAMA, AND COLOMBIA. I. BB LELLINGER | 44 | 1977 |
| A revision of the fern genus Niphidium DB Lellinger American Fern Journal 62 (4), 101-120, 1972 | 44 | 1972 |
| The group of Adiantum gracile in Brazil and environs DB Lellinger, J Prado American Fern Journal 91 (1), 1-8, 2001 | 30 | 2001 |
| Notes on North American ferns DB Lellinger American Fern Journal 71 (3), 90-94, 1981 | 28 | 1981 |
| A phytogeographic analysis of Chocó pteridophytes DB Lellinger | 28 | 1975 |
| Pterozonium DB Lellinger Flora of the Venezuelan Guayana 2, 280-286, 1995 | 23 | 1995 |
| Notes on neotropical Hymenophyllaceae DB Lellinger American Fern Journal 81 (1), 24-36, 1991 | 23 | 1991 |
| 'Dennstaedtiaceae' G Cremers, DB Lellinger, DB Lellinger, DB Lellinger, KU Kramer Koeltz, 1991 | 23 | 1991 |
| Nomenclatural notes on some ferns of Costa Rica, Panama, and Colombia DB Lellinger American fern journal 77 (3), 101-102, 1987 | 20* | 1987 |
| New combinations and some new names in ferns DB Lellinger American Fern Journal 74 (2), 56-60, 1984 | 20 | 1984 |
| Nomenclatural and taxonomic notes on the pteridophytes of Costa Rica, Panama, and Colombia, III DB Lellinger American Fern Journal 93 (3), 146-151, 2003 | 19 | 2003 |
| A note on Aspidotis DB Lellinger American Fern Journal 58 (3), 140-141, 1968 | 19 | 1968 |
