Adiantum clavatum Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 2: 1096. 1753.

"Habitat in Dominica." RCN: 7938.

Lectotype (Underwood in Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 33: 200. 1906): [icon] " Adiantum minus, foliis in summitate retusis" in Plumier, Traité Foug. Amér .: 75, t. 101, f. B. 1705.

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