Ampelopteris prolifera (Retz.) Copel.

POWO follows these authorities in synonymising this name:

• Fraser-Jenkins, C.R. & al. (2017). An Annotated Checklist of Indian Pteridophytes 1: 1-562. Dehra Dun : BSMPS. [Cited as Thelypteris prolifera.]
• Singh, S.K. & al. (2023). Pteridophytes of Meghalaya. A pictorial guide: 1-246. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh. [Cited as Thelypteris prolifera.]

This name was accepted following an alternative taxonomy by these authorities:

• Roskov Y. & al. (eds.) (2018). World Ferns: Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands. [Cited as Ampelopteris prolifera.]

Flora of West Tropical Africa

• Gen. Fil. 144 (1947).

Flora of Tropical East Africa

• Acta Tropica, Suppl. 8: 32 (1964)
• Alston, Ferns W.T.A.: 63 (1959)
• B.J.B.B. 53: 284 (1983)
• Burrows, S. Afr. Ferns: 270, t. 45/3, illustr. 62, 276, 276 a & b (1990)
• Expl. Hydrobiol. Bassin L Bangweolo & Luapula 8 (3) Ptérid.: 82, fig. 25 (1973)
• Fern Gaz. 14: 196 (1993)
• Gen. Fil: 144 (1947)
• Holttum, Fl. Males. ser. II, 1: 387, fig. 7/d–f (1981)
• J. S. Afr. Bot. 40: 153 (1974)
• Jacobsen, Ferns S. Afr.: 398, fig. 300 (1983)
• Schelpe & Anthony, F.S.A., Pterid. 220, fig. 74 (1986)
• Schelpe & Diniz, Fl. Moçamb., Pterid.: 215, t.15 (1979)
• Schelpe, C.F.A., Pterid.: 160, t. 28 (1977)
• Schelpe, F.Z., Pterid.: 200, t. 56 (1970)
• Tardieu, Fl. Madag. 5(1): 300 (1958)
• U.K.W.F. ed. 2: 32 (1994).