Synonymy
Davallia pentaphylla Blume, 1828: p. 232; H. Christ, 1897: p. 7; Kato, 1989: p. 225; Nooteboom, 1994: p. 209; Nooteboom, 1998: p. 266. - Stenolobus pentaphyllus C. Presl, 1851: p. 99. - Scyphularia pentaphylla Fée, 1852: p. 325, t. 26B, f. 1; Copeland, 1927: p. 254; Hoshizaki, 1981b: p. 50, t. 5A, B. - Type: Blume s.n. (L sh 908.332-859 holotype; K), Java, Bantam.
Humata pinnata Desvaux, 1827 (non Davallia pinnata Cavanilles, 1802): p. 324, t. 8, f. 1. - Davallia pinnata Goldmann, 1843: p. 465; Mettenius ex Kuhn, 1869: p. 288. - Type: Desvaux t. 8, f. 1.
Davallia pycnocarpa Brackenridge, 1854: p. 242, t. 35, f. 2. - Scyphularia pycnocarpa Copeland, 1927: p. 255. - Type: Brackenridge (US, non vidi), Fiji, Muthuata Mountains.
Davallia pentaphylla var. incisa Rosenstock, 1915: p. 351. - Type: Bamler 105 (P), Papua New Guinea, Wareo.
Scyphularia sinusora Copeland, 1927: p. 255, t. 5. - Type: Copeland King 183 (non vidi), Papua New Guinea, Goodenough Bay, 1200 m.
Scyphularia tannensis Copeland, 1931: p. 401. - Type: Kajewski 102 (K), Vanuatu, Tanna, Lenakel, 200 m.
Scyphularia dorsalis Copeland, 1931: p. 401. - Type: Bamler 34 (UC, photo in K), Papua New Guinea, Sattelberg.
Scyphularia appressa Copeland, 1936: p. 111, t. 20. - Type: Brass 2872 (non vidi), San Christoval, Hinuahaoro, 900 m.
Common names
Black caterpillar fern [English]