Proposed as conserved against earlier senior homonym Odontopteris Bernhardi in J. Bot. (Schrader) 1800(2): 127. Oct-Dec 1801, nom. rej. (Pteridophyta: Lygodiaceae) by Cleal & Shute (in Taxon 40: 130. 1991); adopted (Taxon 42: 445, 870. 1993; Taxon 43: 280. 1994; Englera 14: 253. 1994; Taxon 48: 395. 1999).