Polypodium parasiticum Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 2: 1090. 1753.

"Habitat in India supra arbores." RCN: 7892.

Lectotype (Holttum in J. S. African Bot. 40: 141. 1974): Osbeck s.n., Herb. Swartz (S-PA).

Current name: Christella parasitica (L.) H. Lév. (Thelypteridaceae).

Note: See Hansen & Fox Maule (in Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 67: 207. 1973) for comments on Osbeck material.