Synonymy
Davallia denticulata Mettenius ex Kuhn, 1867: p. 27; Kuhn, 1869: p. 286; Luerssen, 1871: p. 215 non Mettenius; Copeland, 1958: p. 174; Holttum, 1966: p. 359; Hoshizaki, 1981a: p. 10, t. 3; Nooteboom, 1994: p. 178; Nooteboom, 1998: p. 250. - Adiantum denticulatum [Plukenet, 1692: p. 151, t. 180, f. 4]; N.L. Burmann, 1768: p. 236; Houttuyn, 1783: p. 254, t. 100, f. 2. - Trichomanes denticulatum Houttuyn, 1783: p. 254, t. 100, f. 2.
Davallia elegans Hedwig, 1801: p. ?; Swartz, 1801: p. 87; Swartz, 1806: p. 132, 347; Willdenow, 1810: p. 471; Sprengel, 1827: p. 119; Blume, 1828: p. 235; John Smith, 1841: p. 417; Hooker, 1845: p. 164; Brackenridge, 1854: p. 247; Mettenius, 1856: p. 101, t. 27, f. 19, 20; Beddome, 1863a: t. 18; Beddome, 1883: p. 59; H. Christ, 1897: p. 8; Copeland, 1905: p. 53. - Trichomanes elegans Poiret, 1820: p. 79. - Humata elegans Desvaux, 1827: p. 324. - Parestia elegans C. Presl, 1851: p. 99. - Type: Pryon s.n. (non vidi), Java.
Davallia bidentata Schkuhr, 1804: t. 127; Schkuhr, 1809: p. 119, t. 127. - Davallia elegans var. bidentata Hooker, 1845: p. 165. - Type: Schkuhr Fil. t. 127.
Davallia patens Swartz, 1806: p. 132, 348. - Humata patens Desvaux, 1827: p. 325. - Type: Rottler s.n. (non vidi).
Trichomanes chaerophylloides Poiret, 1808: p. 80. - Davallia chaerophylloides Steudel, 1824: p. 146. - Humata chaerophylloides Desvaux, 1827: p. 325. - Type: Herb. DC (non vidi).
Davallia nitidula Kunze, 1836: p. 545. - Type: Drège (isotypes in BM, K, L, P) South Africa.
Trichomanes lucidum Roxburgh, 1844: p. 519. - Type: Wallich 253 (BR, non vidi, isotypes in K) Penang.
Davallia mauritiana Hooker, 1845: p. 164, t. 55B. - Stenolobus mauritianus C. Presl, 1851: p. 99. - Type: Carmichael, Bojer (K syntypes), Mauritius.
Davallia elegans var. pulchra Hooker, 1845: p. 165. - Type: Lobb s.n. (K lectotype), Singapore.
Davallia elegans var. coniifolia Hooker, 1845: p. 165. - [Davallia coniifolia Wallich, 1828: n. 252]. - Type: Wallich 252 (K holotype; BM, P), Burma, Rangoon.
Davallia elegans var. subunidentata Hooker, 1845: p. 165. - Type: Zollinger 147 (K holotype; BM, L, P).
Davallia vogelii Hooker, 1845: p. 168, t. 59B. - Type: Dr. Vogel (K), Fernando Po.
Davallia elegans var. edentula Hooker, 1845: p. 165. - Type: Griffith 67 (non vidi), India, Mergui.
Davallia elegans var. polydactyla T. Moore, 1881: p. 562. - Type: Hort. Veitch 1881 (K).
Davallia impressa Copeland, 1929: p. 377. - Type: Bartlett 6841 (A, K, L), Sumatra, E. coast, Pulau off the coast from Batu Bara.
Davallia schnellii Tardieu-Blot, 1949: p. 372, t. 1. - Type: Schnell 2734 (P), Africa, Guinée, massif de Jiama.
Davallia brevisora Ching, 1959b: p. 377. - Type: Feng, K.M. 13986 (PE holotype; KUN), China, Yunnan, Mar li po, Dec. 20th 1947 (Ching cites nr. 13586, same date and locality).
Wibelia multifida auct. Bernhardi, 1801: p. 122, t. 1, f. 3. - Menzies.