Acrostichum punctatum Linnaeus, Species Plantarum, ed. 2, 2: 1524. 1763.

"Habitat in China. J. Fothergill." RCN: 7769.

Type not designated.

Original material: none traced.

Current name: Microsorum punctatum (L.) Copel. ( Polypodiaceae).

Note: Many authors since Schelpe & Anthony (in Leistner, Fl. Southern Africa, Pteridophyta: 163. 1986) have noted the absence of original material in LINN, and the name appears to need a neotype.