Synonymy
Davallia pulchra D. Don, 1825: p. 11; C.B. Clarke, 1880: p. 444; Baker, 1895: p. 53; Nooteboom, 1994: p. 191. - Davallia chaerophylla [Wallich, 1828: n. 259, nomen nudum]; C. Presl, 1836: p. 129; Hooker, 1846: p. 157, t. 51 A; Fée, 1852: p. 329. - Leucostegia pulchra John Smith, 1842: p. 426; Beddome, 1883: p. 52. - Acrophorus chaerophyllus T. Moore, 1854: p. 286. - Humata chaerophylla Mettenius, 1856: p. 102, t. 27, f. 9, 10. - Acrophorus pulcher T. Moore, 1857: p. 3; Beddome, 1863a: t. 10. - Humata pulchra Diels, 1899: p. 209. - Araiostegia pulchra Copeland, 1927: p. 241; Ching, 1959b: p. 288; Tagawa and Iwatsuki, 1970: p. 180; Nooteboom, 1992: p. 173. - Type: Wallich 259 (K, isotypes in BM, L, P) Nepal 1821.
Cystopteris squamata Decaisne, 1844: p. 178, t. 178. - Type: Jacquemont (P).
Davallia pseudocystopteris Kunze, 1850: p. 68. - Acrophorus pseudocystopteris Beddome, 1865: t. 92. - Leucostegia pseudocystopteris Beddome, 1865: t. 92; Beddome, 1883: p. 54. - Davallia pulchra var. pseudocystopteris C.B. Clarke, 1880: p. 444. - Araiostegia pseudocystopteris Copeland, 1927: p. 241; Tagawa and Iwatsuki, 1970: p. 181. - Type: Colonel Dyas (K) India, Dalhousie (SW. Himalayas).
Davallia pulchra var. delavayi Beddome ex C.B. Clarke and Baker, 1888: p. 410. - Leucostegia delavayi Ching, 1934: p. 120. - Araiostegia delavayi Ching, 1959b: p. 289. - Type: Delavay (K, isotypes in BO) China, Yunnan, Ki-chan.
Davallia yunnanensis H. Christ, 1898: p. 970. - Davallia rigidula Baker, 1906: p. 8. - Araiostegia yunnanensis Copeland, 1927: p. 241; Ching, 1959b: p. 290; Tagawa and Iwatsuki, 1984: p. 850. - Leucostegia yunnanensis C. Christensen, 1934a: p. 121. - Humata yunnanensis Ching, 1949: p. 296. - Type: Henry 10333 A (K), China, Yunnan, Mengtze.
Davallia beddomei Hope, 1899: p. 527, t. 1. - Araiostegia beddomei Ching, 1959b: p. 288. - Type: Bliss ex Hope herb. (BM lectotype, P), India, Simla, Mt. Kamalhari.
Davallia athamantica H. Christ, 1905: p. 65. - Araiostegia athamantica Copeland, 1927: p. 241. - Type: Delavay 1155 (K lectotype, P), China, Yunnan.
Araiostegia imbricata Ching, 1959b: p. 376; Tagawa and Iwatsuki, 1970: p. 180. - Type: C.W. Wang 78372 (KUN), China, Yunnan, Cheh Li Hsien.