Acrostichum barbarum Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 2: 1072. 1753.

"Habitat in Africa." RCN: 7792.

Type not designated.

Original material: Herb. Clifford: 476, Acrostichum 4 (BM) ; [icon] in Plukenet, Phytographia: t. 181, f. 5. 1692; Almag. Bot.: 156. 1696 - Voucher: Herb. Sloane 96: 44 (BM-SL) .

Current name: Todea barbara (L.) T. Moore ( Osmundaceae).

Note: Schelpe & Anthony (in Leistner, Fl. Southern Africa, Pteridophyta: 45. 1986) indicated Adair material in Herb. Sloane (presumably linked to the cited Plukenet plate) as the holotype. However, this collection was never seen by Linnaeus and is not original material for the name.