PTERIS burtonii Bak. [family ], in Ann. Bot. 5: 218 (1891), as burtoni; Tardieu, Mém. I.F.A.N. 28: 72, t. 10, figs. 6, 7 (1953); Alston, Ferns W.T.A.: 42, fig. 10 (1959); Tardieu, Fl. Cameroun 3: 158 (1964) & Fl. Gabon 8: 10, t. 18, figs. 1–4 (1964); Schelpe in Contr. Bol. Herb. 1: 60 (1969) & C.F.A. Pterid.: 92 (1977). Type: Ghana, Burton s.n. (K!, holo.)
PTERIS johnstonii Bak. [family ], in Ann. Bot. 5: 218 (1891), as johnstoni . Type: Sierra Leone, Wilberforce, Johnston s.n. (K!, holo.)
PTERIS aethiopica Christ [family ], in Journ. de Bot. sér. 2, 2: 21 (1909). Types: Ivory Coast, between Abidjan and Makongguie, Chevalier 15608 & Bouroukrou, Chevalier 16752 (P, syn.)
PTERIS atrovirens Bonap. var. cervonii [family ], in Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. 19: 388 (1913), nomen
PTERIS burtonii (Christ) Tardieu var. aethiopica [family ], in Mém. I.F.A.N. 28: 72, fig. 8 (1953)