Synonymy
Davallia brevipes Copeland, 1906: p. 147, t. 2; Copeland, 1958: p. 172; Hovenkamp and de Joncheere, 1988: p. 408; Kato, 1989: p. 226; Nooteboom, 1994: p. 175; Nooteboom, 1998: p. 248. - Type: Copeland 1662 (BM, P), Mindanao, San Ramon.
Davallia pullei Rosenstock, 1912b: p. 719. - Type: von Römer (Pulle) 214 (BO), New Guinea.