Polypodium asperum Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 2: 1093. 1753.

"Habitat in America." RCN: 7914.

Lectotype (Proctor, Ferns Jamaica: 143. 1985): [icon] " Filix arborescens, caudice & caule spinosis " in Petiver, Pteri-graphia Amer.: 47, t. 4, f. 7. 1712.

Current name: Trichipteris aspera (L.) Tryon ( Cyatheaceae).