Synonymy
Davallia trichomanoides Blume, 1828: p. 238; Hooker, 1861: t. 64; Backer and Posthumus, 1939: p. 100, f. 18; Copeland, 1958: p. 172; Holttum, 1966: p. 361; Hoshizaki, 1981a: p. 36, t. 21; Kato, 1989: p. 229; Nooteboom, 1994: p. 206; Nooteboom, 1998: p. 264. - Type: Blume (L sh 908.332-946 holotype), Java.
Davallia bullata [Wallich, 1828: n. 258] ex Hooker, 1845: p. 169, t. 50B; Beddome, 1863a: t. 17; Hooker, 1868: p. 97; C.B. Clarke, 1880: p. 445; Beddome, 1883: p. 61; Copeland, 1905: p. 54; Hayata, 1909: p. 26; Hoshizaki, 1981a: p. 5, t. 1. - Type: Wallich 258 (K, isotypes in P), Nepal.
Davallia stenomera Kunze, 1848: p. 216. - Type: Zollinger 359 (L).
Davallia dissecta Moore and Houlston, 1851: p. 325. - Type ?: introduced in 1849 by Messrs. Rollisson of Tooting.
Davallia decora Moore, 1859: p. 39. - Type: ?
Davallia mariesii Moore ex Baker, 1891: p. 201; Hoshizaki, 1981a: p. 25, t. 14. - Type: Maries in Hort. Veitch 1818 (Moore herb. in K).
Davallia fructuosa H. Christ, 1900: p. 86. - Type: Warburg (non vidi), Java.
Davallia barbata Alderwerelt, 1911c: p. 7. - Davallia subdissecta Alderwerelt, 1916: p. 11. - Davallia trichomanoides f. barbata Backer and Posthumus, 1939: p. 101; Hoshizaki, 1981a: p. 38, t. 22. - Type: Hallier 671 (BO holotype; P), Java, Tjibodas-Tjibeurum.
Davallia koordersii Alderwerelt, 1911a: p. 5. - Type: Koorders 19387 (BO lectotype; L), Java, Besoeki, Idjen.
Davallia stenolepis Hayata, 1914: p. 204, t. 138. - Davallia mariesii var. stenolepis Hoshizaki, 1981a: p. 27, t. 15. - Type: Mori 2359 (TI), Formosa. Taito: Daironkosha.
Davallia subdissecta var. elegantior Alderwerelt, 1918: p. 17. - Type: Backer 23827 (BO holotype), Java, G. Sanggaboewana.
Davallia subdissecta var. subgenuina Alderwerelt, 1920: p. 140. - Type: Lörzing 5925 (BO holotype; K, L), Sumatra, Karo Plateau, Berastagi.
Davallia petelottii Tardieu-Blot and C. Christensen, 1937: p. 4, t. 1 (5-7). - Type: Pételot 4200 (P holotype; BM), Indo-China, Tonkin, Plaine de Jarres.
Trogostolon yunnanensis Ching, 1959b: p. 374. - Type: R.N. 8612 (PE), Yunnan, Ping-chuan, Chi-tso Shan.
Davallia cylindrica Ching, 1959b: p. 375. - Type: C.W. Wang 74303 (PE holotype; IBSC), Yunnan, Foo-hai.
Davallia elegans cv dissecta hort., Hoshizaki, 1981a: p. 36. - Davallia bullata-mariesii hort., Hoshizaki, 1981a: p. 27, nom. syn. - Mori 2359, 2408, Hayata and Sasaki, Jan. 1912.
Common names
Ball Fern (D. mariesii) [English]