Adiantum hexagonum Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 2: 1097. 1753.

"Habitat in America." RCN: 7941.

Lectotype (Proctor, Ferns Jamaica: 264. 1985): [icon] " Adiantum pinnis hexagonis furcatis" in Petiver, Pteri-graphia Amer.: 94, t. 10, f. 2. 1712.

Current name: Anopteris hexagona (L.) C. Chr. ( Pteridaceae).