Smith, J.E. (1793), Tentamen botanicum de filicum generibus dorsiferarum. Memoires de l'Academie Royale des Sciences (Turin) 5: 415 [nom. nov.]

replaced synonym: Adiantum repens L.f. legitimate

• Text: "Omnes fere species gaudent surculis repentibus squamosis , nomen hujus triviale , a Linnaeo filio datum , necesse itaque mutandum est."
• Comment: nom. illeg., nom. superfl., as the epithet repens was available in Davallia in 1793 and thus ought to have been adopted by Smith.

Smith, J. in Hooker, W.J. (ed.) (1841), Enumeratio Filicum Philippinarum; or a systematic arrangement of the ferns collected by H. Cuming, Esq., F.L.S., in the Philippine islands and the peninsula of Malacca, between the years 1836 and 1840. The Journal of Botany 3(24): 416 [replaced synonym]

replaced synonym of: Humata pedata J.Sm. nom. illeg., nom. superfl.

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1866), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 5(36): 118 [secondary reference]

Bentham, G. (March 1878), Flora Australiensis 7: 716 [secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 137 [secondary reference]

Diels, F.L.E. in Engler, H.G.A. & Prantl, K.A.E. (ed.) (October 1899), Polypodiaceae [continued]. Die Naturlichen Pflanzenfamilien I, 4(190/191): 209 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Humata repens (L.f.) Diels legitimate

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 640 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Humata pedata J.Sm. nom. illeg., nom. superfl.

Nooteboom, H.P. (1994), Notes on Davalliaceae II. A revision of the genus Davallia. Blumea 39(1/2): 192 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Davallia repens (L.f.) Kuhn legitimate

Bell, G.H. in McCarthy, P.M. (ed.) (1998), Davalliaceae. Flora of Australia 48: 439 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Davallia repens (L.f.) Kuhn legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2006), Australian Plant Census: - [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Humata repens (L.f.) Diels legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (29 September 2022), Australian Plant Census: - [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Davallia repens (L.f.) Kuhn legitimate

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