LYGODIUM kerstenii Kuhn [family SCHIZAEACEAE], Fil. Afr.: 28 (1868); V.E. 2: 64 (1908); Sim, Ferns S. Afr., ed. 2: 303, t. 163 (1915); Tardieu, Fl. Madag. 8: 4, t. 2/4–5 (1952); Schelpe, F.Z., Pterid.: 57, t. 16/a (1970); Schelpe & Diniz, Fl. Moçamb., Pterid.: 52 (1979); W. Jacobsen, Ferns S. Afr.: 181, fig. 122, map 27 (1983); Schelpe & N.C. Anthony, F.S.A., Pterid.: 56, fig. 15/2, map 40 (1986); J.E. Burrows, S. Afr. Ferns: 61, t. 8/6, fig. 58, map (1990); Kramer in Kubitzki, Fam. Gen. Vasc. Pl. 1: 261, fig. 132/b (1990). Type: Madagascar, Nosy Be, Kersten 75 (B!, lecto., chosen by Schelpe & N.C. Anthony)
LYGODIUM subulatum Kuhn [family SCHIZAEACEAE], Fil. Afr.: 170 (1868); P.O.A. C: 89 (1895); F.D.-O.A.: 20 (1929). Type: Comoro Is., Anjouan [Johanna], Bojer (B, holo.)
LYGODIUM brycei Baker [family SCHIZAEACEAE], in K.B. 1901: 138 (1901). Type: Zimbabwe, Mashonaland, near the Mozambique border, drift of Renio R., Bryce (K!, holo.)