Synonymy
Leucostegia pallida (Mettenius) Copeland, 1927: p. 252; Copeland, 1958: p. 168; Holttum, 1966: p. 353; Kato, 1989: p. 220; Nooteboom, 1992: p. 186; Nooteboom, 1998: p. 276. - Davallia pallida Mettenius, 1869: p. 142; Copeland, 19062: p. 148. - Type: Cuming 93 (non vidi), Vanuatu, Aneityum.
Davallia mooreana Masters, 1869: p. 964, fig. - Type: Hort. Veitch 1869 (K).