⚠ Version 1 of The Plant List has been superseded.

This name is in version 1.1 of The Plant List, record tro-26625505, with some changes.

Polystichum setiferum var. fuscopaleaceum (Alston) Schelpe 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 26625505) with original publication details: Bol. Soc. Brot., ser. 2, 41: 216 216 1967.