Polypodium comosum Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 2: 1084. 1753.

"Habitat in America meridionali." RCN: 7858.

Lectotype (Lellinger & Proctor in Taxon 32: 569. 1983): [icon] " Lingua Cervina multifido cacumine laciniata " in Plumier, Traité Foug. Amér .: 115, t. 131. 1705.

Current name: Polypodium phyllitidis L. ( Polypodiaceae).