Adiantum reniforme Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 2: 1094. 1753.

"Habitat in Madera." RCN: 7921.

Lectotype (Verdcourt in Beentje, Fl. Trop. E. Africa, Adiantaceae: 52. 2002): [icon] "Filix Hemionitis dicta Maderensis pediculis splendentibus nigris, crenatis foliis Asari rotundioribus crenarum segmentis oblongo quadratis, ob semina adnascentia per ambitum circumcirca reflexis" in Plukenet, Phytographia: t. 287. f. 5. 1694; Almag. Bot.: 155. 1696. - Typotype: Herb. Sloane 100: 51 (BM-SL) .

Current name: Adiantum reniforme L. ( Pteridaceae).

Note: See comments on the Plukenet figure and voucher by Francisco-Ortega & al. (in Bull. Nat. Hist. Mus. London (Bot.) 24: 12, f. 6, 7. 1994). Roux (Consp. Southern African Pteridophyta: 77. 2001) indicated material in Herb. Sloane as the lectotype, but it was not studied by Linnaeus and is not original material for the name.