and L. occidentalis Baker, a taxonomically valid species of tropical Africa and Madagascar related to L. hirsuta. Had he validly published his genus, like Trevisan he would have chosen L. aurita inferentially and incorrectly as lectotype. Underwood (I899, p. 255) also chose L. aurita as lectotype, but on an arbitrary (first cited species) basis, and so his choice should be disregarded. Maxon (I926, p. 429) was aware of all of the foregoing, except for the Brongniart choice of lectotype. And so he validated Trevisan's name by providing a generic description for it; the name must be cited as Anisosorus Trev. ex Maxon. He cited P. laciniata Willd. as the type, the sole species mentioned by Trevisan. The generic name Anisosorus, therefore, must be placed in synonymy under Lonchitis, which is now considered to contain two species: L. hirsuta L. and L. occidentalis Baker.