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

"Habitat in America." RCN: 7915.

Lectotype (Proctor, Ferns Jamaica: 460. 1985): [icon] " Filix pinnis aculeatis" in Petiver, Pteri-graphia Amer.: 53, t. 1, f. 6. 1712.

Current name: Polystichum muricatum (L.) Fée ( Dryopteridaceae).