Synonymy
Davallia denticulata var. elata Mettenius ex Kuhn, 1869: p. 288; Nooteboom, 1994: p. 180; Nooteboom, 1998: p. 251. - Trichomanes elatum G. Forster, 1786: n. 474. - Davallia elata Sprengel, 1800: p. 271; Swartz, 1806: p. 131, 344; Willdenow, 1810: p. 472; Sprengel, 1827: p. 120; Blume, 1828: p. 236; Vriese, 1846: p. 16. - Wibelia elata Bernhardi, 1801: p. 122, t. 1, f. 2. - Humata elata Desvaux, 1827: p. 325. - Parestia elata C. Presl, 1851: p. 100. - Type: Forster 474 (=300) (BM).
Trichomanes epiphyllum G. Forster, 1786: p. 85. - Davallia epiphylla Sprengel, 1800: p. 271; Swartz, 1806: p. 134, 352; Schkuhr, 1809: t. 127 B; Willdenow, 1810: p. 473; Kuhn, 1869: p. 286; Hoshizaki, 1981a: p. 12, t. 6. - Humata epiphylla Desvaux, 1827: p. 325. - Parestia epiphylla C. Presl, 1851: p. 100. - Type: Forster 471 (BM).
Davallia papuana Copeland, 1911: p. 81; Kato, 1989: p. 229. - Type: King 245 (non vidi).
Davallia bilabiata Hosokawa, 1936: p. 123. - Type: Hosokawa 5882 (non vidi, in Herb. Taihoku Imp. Univ.), Carolines.
Davallia tenuisecta Copeland, 1940: p. 355, t. 10. - Type: Brass 11701 (A, BO, L), Irian Jaya, Balim River.
Davallia dejoncheerii Hovenkamp and de Joncheere, 1988: p. 408. - Type: de Joncheere 1157 (L holotype; KYO), Central Sulawesi, Sopu Valley above Talu.