⚠ Version 1 of The Plant List has been superseded.

This name is in version 1.1 of The Plant List, record tro-50071590, with some changes.

Polystichum aculeatum var. nigropaleaceum H. Christ is a synonym of Polystichum discretum (D. Don) J. Sm.

This name is a synonym of Polystichum discretum (D. Don) J. Sm..

The record derives from Tropicos which reports it as a synonym (record 50071590) with original publication details: Ber. Schweiz. Bot. Ges. 3: 26, 38-39 26 1893.