= Aspidium costulare (Baker) Kuhn; Reisen Ost-Afr. [Decken] 33. Bot. 65 (1879)
= Aspidium malagassicum Kuhn; Filic. Afr. [Kuhn] 136 (1868), nom. nov. for Goniopteris madagascariensis Fée (1852), non Aspidium madagascariense Fée (1952)
= Aspidium microsorum Kuhn; Filic. Afr. [Kuhn] 136 (1868), nom. nov. for Nephrodium microcarpum Fée (1852)
= Cyclosorus albidipilosus (Bonap.) Ching; Bull. Fan Mem. Inst. Biol. Bot. 10: 242 (1941)
= Cyclosorus costularis (Baker) Ching; Bull. Fan Mem. Inst. Biol. Bot. 10: 243 (1941)
= Cyclosorus gladiatus (C.Chr.) Ching; Bull. Fan Mem. Inst. Biol. Bot. 10: 245 (1941)
= Cyclosorus madagascariensis (Fée) Ching; Bull. Fan Mem. Inst. Biol. Bot. 10: 246 (1941)
= Cyclosorus patens (Fée) Copel.; Ann. Cryptog. Phytopathol. 5 [Gen. Fil.]: 143 (1947)
= Cyclosorus silvaticus (Pappe & Rawson) Ching; Bull. Fan Mem. Inst. Biol. Bot. 10: 249 (1941)
= Cyclosorus silvaticus (Pappe & Rawson) Tardieu; Amer. Fern J. 48(1): 33 (1958), isonym
= Cyclosorus subpennigerus (C.Chr.) Ching; Bull. Fan Mem. Inst. Biol. Bot. 10: 249 (1941)
= Cyclosorus subpennigerus (C.Chr.) Tardieu; Amer. Fern J. 48(1): 33 (1958), isonym
= Dryopteris albidipilosa Bonap.; Notes Ptéridol. 16: 9 (1924)
= Dryopteris costularis (Baker) C.Chr.; Index Filic. 258 (1905)
= Dryopteris gladiata C.Chr.; Ark. Bot. 14(19): 4, t. 1, f. 4, 8 (1916)
= Dryopteris madagascariensis (Fée) C.Chr.; Index Filic. 276 (1905)
= Dryopteris silvatica (Pappe & Rawson) C.Chr.; Index Filic. 292 (1905)
= Dryopteris silvatica var. amplectens C.Chr.; Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 9: 176 (1924)
= Dryopteris silvatica var. glandulifera Bonap.; Notes Ptéridol. 5: 58 (1917)
= Dryopteris subpennigera C.Chr.; Cat. Pl. Madag., Pterid. 26 (1932) (nomen), Dansk Bot. Ark. 7: 52, t. 12, f. 1-2 (1932)
= Goniopteris madagascariensis Fée; Mém. Foug. 5 (Gen. Filic.) 251 (1852)
= Goniopteris patens Fée; Mém. Foug. 5 (Gen. Filic.) 253 (1852)
= Goniopteris silvatica Pappe & Rawson; Syn. Fil. Afr. Austr. 39 (1858) (nom. nov. superfl.)
= Goniopteris unita (Kunze) J.Sm.; Hist. Fil. 192 (1875)
= Gymnogramma unita Kunze; Linnaea 18: 115 (1844) (non Thelypteris unita (L.) C. V. Morton (1959))
= Nephrodium costulare Baker; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 16: 203 (1877)
= Nephrodium patens (Fée) J.Sm.; Hist. Fil. 208 (1875) (non (Sw.) Desv. (1827))
= Nephrodium patens var. madagascariense Baker; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 16: 202 (1877)
= Phegopteris unita (Kunze) Mett.; Abh. Senckenberg. Naturf. Ges. 2(2) [Pheg. u. Asp.]: 22, no. 42 (1858)
= Pneumatopteris subpennigera (C.Chr.) Holttum; Blumea 21: 304 (1973)
= Pneumatopteris unita (Kunze) Holttum; Blumea 21: 304 (1973)
= Polypodium unitum (Kunze) Hook.; Sp. Fil. [W.J.Hooker] 5: 5 (1863) (non L. (1759))
= Thelypteris albidipilosa (Bonap.) C.F.Reed; Phytologia 17: 259 (1968)
= Thelypteris madagascariensis (Fée) Schelpe; J. S. African Bot. 31: 267 (1965)
= Thelypteris silvatica (Pappe & Rawson) C.F.Reed; Phytologia 17: 313 (1968)
= Thelypteris subpennigera (C.Chr.) C.F.Reed; Phytologia 17: 318 (1968)
= Thelypteris unita (Kunze) Christenh.; Global Fl. 1(4): 39 (2018), nom. nov. illeg. (non (L.) C. V. Morton)