Polypodium simile Linnaeus, Systema Naturae, ed. 10, 2: 1325. 1759.

["Habitat in America."] Sp. Pl., ed. 2, 2: 1549 (1763). RCN: 7884.

Type not designated.

Original material: Herb. Linn. No. 1251.23 (LINN); [icon] in Sloane, Voy. Jamaica 1: 77, t. 32. 1707 - Voucher: Herb. Sloane 1: 51 (BM-SL) .

Current name: Polypodium simile L. ( Polypodiaceae).

Note: Proctor (in Bull. Inst. Jamaica, Sci. Ser. 5: 50. 1953) treated a Sloane collection as the type, but this was not seen by Linnaeus and is not original material for the name.