Osmunda cervina Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 2: 1065. 1753.

"Habitat in America meridionali." RCN: 7755.

Lectotype (Proctor in Howard, Fl. Lesser Antilles 2: 223. 1977): [icon] " Osmunda Linguae Cervinae folio" in Plumier, Traité Foug. Amér .: 132, t. 154. 1705.

Current name: Polybotrya cervina (L.) Kaulf. ( Dryopteridaceae).