Synonymy
Davallia J.E. Smith, 1793: 414; Beddome, 1883: 58; Copeland, 1927: 253; Tardieu-Blot and C. Christensen, 1939: 103; Copeland, 1940: 355; Copeland, 1947: 87; Copeland, 1958: 170; Ching, 1959b: 297; Holttum, 1966: 354; DeVol and Yang, 1975: 271; Brownlie, 1977: 162; Nooteboom, 1998: 236. - Davallia sect. Davallia Kato, 1985: 566; Nooteboom, 1994: 173. - Type: D. canariensis (Linnaeus) J.E. Smith.
Wibelia Bernhardi, 1801, (non Fée 1852): 122, t. 1, f. 2. - Davallia sect. Wibelia Kato, 1985: 566. - Type: W. elata Bernhardi.
Humata Cavanilles, 1802: 272; Beddome, 1883: 46; Copeland, 1927: 253; Tardieu-Blot and C. Christensen, 1939: 108; Copeland, 1947: 88; Copeland, 1958: 175; Ching, 1959a: 306; Tagawa, 1959: 67; Holttum, 1966: 364; Brownlie, 1969: 148; DeVol and Yang, 1975: 274; Brownlie, 1977: 158; Basu and Giri, 1991: 109-120. - Type: H. ophioglossa Cavanilles.
Pachypleuria C. Presl, 1836: 128; C. Presl, 1851: 98; Kato, 1985: 567. - Type: P. pedata (J.E. Smith) C. Presl.
Stenolobus C. Presl, 1836: 129, t. 4, f. 30. - Type: Davallia solida (G. Forster) Swartz.
Parestia C. Presl, 1851: 99. - Type: P. elegans C. Presl.
Pteroneuron Fée, 1852: 320, t. 25B, f. 1. - Type: P. parallelum Fée.
Scyphularia Fée, 1852: 324, t. 26B f. 1; Copeland, 1927: 254; Copeland, 1940: 356; Copeland, 1947: 88; Brownlie, 1977: 166; Kato, 1985: 567. - Type: S. pentaphylla (Blume) Fée.
Parasorus Alderwerelt, 1922a: 317, t. 14; Copeland, 1947: 89; Kato, 1985: 568. - Type: P. undulatus Alderwerelt.
Araiostegia Copeland, 1927: 240, t. 1, 2; Copeland, 1931: 397, t. 53a; Copeland, 1947: 85; Copeland, 1958: 166; Ching, 1959b: 285; Holttum, 1966: 364; Kato, 1985: 564. - Type: A. hymenophylloides (Blume) Copeland.
Trogostolon Copeland, 1927: 251, t. 4; Copeland, 1947: 87; Copeland, 1958: 170; Ching, 1959b: 283; Kato, 1985: 568. - Type: T. falcinellus (C. Presl) Copeland.
Paradavallodes Ching, 1966b: 18. - Type: P. multidentata (Hooker) Ching.
Davallia sect. Cordisquama Kato, 1985: 566. - Type: Davallia divaricata Blume.