Synonymy
Davallia hymenophylloides Kuhn, 1869: p. 286; Nooteboom, 1994: p. 186; Nooteboom, 1998: p. 255. - Aspidium hymenophylloides Blume, 1828: p. 172. - Leucostegia hymenophylloides Beddome, 1863a: t. 252. - Humata hymenophylloides Copeland, 1905: p. 51. - Araiostegia hymenophylloides Copeland, 1927: p. 241; Nooteboom, 1992: p. 171. - Type: Blume s.n. (L sh 910.327-27, large sheet; not sh 909.30-114), Java, Mt. Burangran.
[Leucostegia affinis John Smith, 1841: p. 416, p.p. nomen]. - Davallia affinis Hooker, 1845: p. 158, t. 52B. - Microlepia affinis C. Presl, 1851: p. 97. - Acrophorus affinis T. Moore, 1854: p. 286. - Humata affinis Mettenius, 1856: p. 102, t. 27, f. 5, 6. - Type: Cuming 117 (K holotype; A, BM, L, P, PE), Philippines.
Microlepia tenuifolia C. Presl, 1851: p. 97. - Type: Cuming 215 (isotypes in A, BM, K, L, P), Philippines.
Cystopteris dalhousiana Fée, 1857: p. 108. - Type: Dalhousie, in Herb. Delessert (G holotype; K), Penang.