Adiantum pedatum Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 2: 1095. 1753.

"Habitat in Canada, Virginia." RCN: 7924.

Lectotype (designated here by Reveal): [icon] "Adianthum Jruticos. American, summis ramulis reflexis et in orbem expansis" in Plukenet, Phytographia: t. 124, f. 2. 1692; Almag. Bot.: 10. 1696. - Typotype: Herb. Sloane 93: 10 (BM-SL) .

Current name: Adiantum pedatum L. var. pedatum ( Pteridaceae).