Synonymy
Davallia embolostegia Copeland, 1906: p. 147, t. 3; Copeland, 1958: p. 171; Hoshizaki, 1981a: p. 12, t. 5; Kato, 1989: p. 230; Nooteboom, 1994: p. 182; Nooteboom, 1998: p. 253. - Type: Copeland 1914 (isotypes in TI), Philippines, Luzon, Lepanto, Bagnen.