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

"Habitat in Jamaica, Dominica." RCN: 7939.

Lectotype (Maxon in Contr. U. S. Natl. Herb. 17: 161. 1913): [icon] " Adiantum frutescens, spinosum et repens" in Plumier, Traité Foug. Amér .: 77, t. 94. 1705.

Current name: Odontosoria aculeata (L.) J. Sm. ( Pteridaceae).

Note: Despite sharing Sloane’s t. 61 (1707) as a cited synonym, this name and Acrostichum aculeatum L. (1759) are independent names.