Synonymy
Davallia sessilifolia Blume, 1828: p. 231; Hooker, 1845: p. 154; Kunze, 1847: p. 17, t. 107; Kuhn, 1869: p. 289; H. Christ, 1897: p. 8; Kato, 1989: p. 227; Nooteboom, 1994: p. 201; Nooteboom, 1998: p. 262. - Pachypleuria sessilifolia C. Presl, 1851: p. 98. - Humata sessilifolia Mettenius, 1856: p. 102. - Type: Kuhl and van Hasselt s.n. (L sh 908.275-915), Java, Mt. Salak.
Humata polypodioides Brackenridge, 1854: p. 228, t. 32, f. 1; Brownlie, 1977: p. 159. - Type: Brackenridge (non vidi), Fiji.
Davallia aemula Mettenius, 1869: p. 144; Carruthers, 1873: p. 335. - Type: Cuming (MacGillivray) 64 (BM, L, P), Vanuatu, Aneityum.