ADIANTUM patens (Bak.) Schelpe subsp. oatesii [family ADIANTACEAE], in Bol. Soc. Brot. Sér. 2, 41: 203 (1967) & in Contr. Bolus Herb. 1: 54 (1969) & F.Z., Pterid.: 111 (1970); Kornaś, Distr. Ecol. Pterid. Zambia: 64, fig. 36b (1979); W. Jacobsen, Ferns S. Afr.: 237, fig. 160, map 53 (1983). Type: Zimbabwe, Victoria Falls, Oates s.n. (K!, holo.)
Adiantum oatesii Bak. [family ADIANTACEAE], in Oates, Matabeleland and the Victoria Falls, App.: 369, t. K (1881); Hieron. in P.O.A.C: 78 (1895); Sim, Ferns S. Afr. ed. 2: 244, t. 120 (1915); Alston, Ferns W.T.A.: 39 (1959); Tardieu, Fl. Cameroun 3: 147, t. 19/3, 4 (1964); J.E. Burrows, S. Afr. Ferns: 122, t. 18/3, figs. 123, 123a, map (1990); Schippers in Fern Gaz. 14: 183 (1993)
Adiantum pedatum Peter [family ADIANTACEAE], F.D.-O.A.: 45, Anhang: 4, t. 5/1 (1929); Verdc. in Journ. E. Afr. Nat. Hist. Soc. 24: 39 (1962) & 24(4): 73 (1964), non L., nom. illegit. Type: Tanzania, Buha District, Mkigo to Lussimbi, Peter 38792 (B, lecto., K!, photo.)
Adiantum patens (Bak.) Ballard var. oatesii [family ADIANTACEAE], in K.B. 1940: 30 (1940); Wild, Guide Fl. Victoria Falls in Victoria Falls Handb.: 138 (1953)