= Aspidium chontalense E.Fourn.; Bull. Soc. Bot. France 19: 254 (1872)
= Aspidium effusum var. xanthotrichium (Sodiro) Christ; Bull. Herb. Boissier, sér. 2, 4: 961 (1904)
= Aspidium excultum Mett.; Abh. Senckenberg. Naturf. Ges. 2(2) [Pheg. u. Asp.]: 69 (1858)
= Aspidium guatemalense Christ; Bull. Herb. Boissier, sér. 2, 6: 56 (1906)
= Aspidium radicans Fée; Mém. Foug. 5 (Gen. Filic.): 294 (1850)
= Ctenitis exculta (Mett.) Copel.; Ann. Cryptog. Phytopathol. 5 [Gen. Fil.]: 124 (1947)
= Dryopteris chontalensis (E.Fourn.) C.Chr.; Index Filic. 257 (1905)
= Dryopteris effusa var. exculta (Mett.) Hieron.; Hedwigia 46: 348 (1907)
= Dryopteris exculta (Mett.) C.Chr.; Kongel. Danske Vidensk. Selsk. Skr., Naturvidensk. Math. Afd., ser. 8, 6: 95, f. 20 (1920)
= Dryopteris exculta var. guatemalensis (Baker) C.Chr.; Kongel. Danske Vidensk. Selsk. Skr., Naturvidensk. Math. Afd., ser. 8, 6: 96 (1920)
= Dryopteris exculta var. squamifera C.Chr.; Kongel. Danske Vidensk. Selsk. Skr., Naturvidensk. Math. Afd., ser. 8, 6: 96 (1920)
= Dryopteris guatemalensis (Baker) Kuntze; Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 812 (1891)
= Dryopteris xanthotrichia (Sodiro) Hieron.; Hedwigia 46: 348 (1906)
= Lastrea exculta (Mett.) T.Moore; Index Fil. [T. Moore] 91 (1858)
= Lastreopsis chontalensis (E.Fourn.) Lellinger; Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. 89(61): 716 (1977)
= Lastreopsis exculta (Mett.) Tindale; Vict. Naturalist 73: 185 (1957)
= Lastreopsis exculta subsp. guatemalensis (Baker) Tindale; Contr. New South Wales Natl. Herb. 3: 245 (1963)
= Lastreopsis exculta subsp. squamifera (C.Chr.) Tindale; Contr. New South Wales Natl. Herb. 3: 245 (1963)
= Lastreopsis guatemalensis (Baker) L.D.Gómez; Brenesia 8: 50 (1976)
= Lastreopsis squamifera (C.Chr.) Lellinger; Amer. Fern J. 93(3): 148 (2003)
= Nephrodium chontalense Hemsl.; Biol. Centr.-Amer., Bot. 3: 645 (1885)
= Nephrodium effusum var. excultum (Hook.) Baker; Syn. Fil. [W. J. Hooker & Baker] 287 (1867)
= Nephrodium excultum (Mett.) Hook.; Sp. Fil. [W. J. Hooker] 4: 149 (1862)
= Nephrodium guatemalense Baker; Syn. Fil. [W. J. Hooker & Baker], ed. 2: 498 (1874)
= Nephrodium rufopunctatum J.Bommer; Bull. Herb. Boissier, sér. 2, 4: 961 (1904)
= Nephrodium xanthotrichium Sodiro; Recens. Crypt. Vasc. Quit.: 52 (1883)