Trichomanes chinense Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 1099. 1753.

"Habitat in China. Osbeck." RCN: 7952.

Type not designated.

Original material: none traced.

Current name: Sphenomeris chinensis (L.) Maxon ( Dennstaedtiaceae).

Note: Specific epithet spelled “chinensis” in the protologue.

Fosberg (in Taxon 18: 596-598. 1969) and Kramer (in van Steenis, Fl. Malesiana, ser. II, 1: 182. 1971) treat Osbeck material in 5 as the type, but this collection has not been traced - see Hansen 6 Fox Maule (in Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 67: 208. 1973).