Asplenium nidus Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 2: 1079. 1753.

"Habitat in Javae summis arboribus. Osbeck." RCN: 7830.

Lectotype (Holttum in Gard. Bull. Singapore 27: 147. 1974): Osbeck 49, Herb. Linn. No. 1250.6 (LINN) .

Current name: Asplenium nidus L. ( Aspleniaceae).

Note: See Hansen & Fox Maule (in Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 67: 205. 1973) for comments on Osbeck material.