Acrostichum furcatum Linnaeus, Systema Naturae, ed. 10, 2: 1321. 1759.

["Habitat in Jamaica."] Sp. Pl., ed. 2, 2: 1529 (1763). RCN: 7789.

Lectotype (Proctor in Howard, Fl. Lesser Antilles 2: 62. 1977): [icon] "Filix furcata, pinnulis longiusculis, non dentatis" in Plumier, Descr. Pl. Amér .: 13, t. 20. 1693.

Current name: Gleichenia furcata (L.) Spreng. ( Gleicheniaceae).

Note: See Underwood (in Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 34: 243, 257. 1907), who wrongly stated that Plumier’s 1703 plate 28 "was taken by Linnaeus … in 1759 as the type of Acrostichum furcatum ".