Adiantum trapeziforme Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 2: 1097. 1753.

"Habitat in America meridionali." RCN: 7940.

Lectotype (Lellinger in Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 89: 704. 1977): [icon] " Adiantum nigrum ramosum maximum, foliis majoribus trapezii in modum figuratis" in Sloane, Voy. Jamaica 1: 98, t. 59. 1707. - Typotype: Herb. Sloane 1: 153 (BM-SL) .

Current name: Adiantum trapeziforme L. ( Pteridaceae).