Polypodium villosum Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 2: 1093. 1753.

"Habitat in America." RCN: 7916.

Lectotype (Proctor in Howard, Fl. Lesser Antilles 2: 245. 1977): [icon] " Filix ramosa, villosa major, crenis rotundis dentata" in Plumier, Descr. Pl. Amér .: 15, t. 23. 1693.

Current name: Ctenitis villosa (L.) Copel. ( Dryopteridaceae).