= Aspidium distans (Mett.) Christ; Bull. Acad. Géogr. Bot. Mans 253 (1902), non Viv. 1825, nec (Hook.) Kuhn 1868
= Dryopteris brunnea C.Chr.; Index Filic. 255 (1905), nom. nov. for Polypodium distans D. Don, non Dryopteris distans (Hook.) Kuntze 1891
= Dryopteris bukoensis Tagawa; Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 1: 89 (1932)
= Dryopteris microstegia (Hook.) Rosenst.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 10: 334 (1912)
= Lastrea bukoensis (Tagawa) H.Itô ex Ohwi; Fl. Jap. Pterid. 95 (1957)
= Lastrea microstegia (Hook.) Bedd.; Handb. Ferns Brit. India, t. 39 (1865)
= Macrothelypteris bukoensis (Tagawa) Pic.Serm.; Webbia 24: 715 (1970)
= Macrothelypteris pallida (Ching) Pic.Serm.; Webbia 24: 716 (1970) (fide Fraser-Jenkins 1997)
= Nephrodium brunneum (C.Chr.) Hand.-Mazz.; Symb. Sin. 6: 21-25 (1929)
= Nephrodium distans (Mett.) Diels; Engl. & Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. 1(4): 170 (1899), non Hook. 1862
= Nephrodium microstegium Hook.; Sp. Fil. 4: 119, t. 250 (1862)
= Phegopteris brunnea (Wall.) J.Sm.; Hist. Fil. 213 (1875)
= Phegopteris bukoensis (Tagawa) Tagawa; Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 7: 75 (1938)
= Phegopteris distans Mett.; Farngatt. 416 (1858), nom. nov. for P. distans D. Don
= Phegopteris microstegia (Hook.) Christenh.; Global Fl. 1(4): 25 (2018)
= Polypodium distans D.Don; Prodr. Fl. Nepal. 2. 1825 (nom. illeg. non Kaulf. (1824))
= Polypodium distans var. adnatum C.B.Clarke; Trans. Linn. Soc., 2 Bot., 1: 544 (1880)
= Polypodium griffithii Hook.; Sp. Fil. 4: 236 (1862), non Thelypteris griffithii (Hook.) C. F. Reed. 1968
= Polypodium microstegium Hook.; Sp. Fil. 1: 119, t. 250 (1862)
= Pseudophegopteris bukoensis (Tagawa) Holttum; Blumea 17: 15 (1969)
= Pseudophegopteris pallida (Ching) Ching; Acta Phytotax. Sin. 8: 315 (1963) (fide Fraser-Jenkins 1997)
= Pseudophegopteris pyrrhorachis subsp. distans (Mett.) Fraser-Jenk.; New Species Syndr. Indian Pteridol. 214 (1997)
= Thelypteris brunnea (C.Chr.) Ching; Bull. Fan Mem. Inst. Biol. Bot. 6: 269 (1936) (nom. superfl. fide Fraser-Jenkins 1997)
= Thelypteris brunnea var. pallida Ching; Bull. Fan Mem. Inst. Biol. Bot. 11: 59 (1941) (fide Fraser-Jenkins 1997)
= Thelypteris bukoensis (Tagawa) Ching; Bull. Fan Mem. Inst. Biol. Bot. 6: 272 (1936)
= Thelypteris microstegia (Hook.) Fraser-Jenk.; Annot. Checkl. Ind. Pterid. 1: 454 (2016)
= Thelypteris pyrrhorhachis subsp. distans (Mett.) Fraser-Jenk.; Taxon. Revis. Indian Subcontinental Pteridophytes 200 (2008)