Synonyms: Alsophila aculeata; Alsophila articulata; Alsophila aspera; Alsophila aspera var. echinata; Alsophila aspera var. major; Alsophila aspera var. minor; Alsophila aspera var. nitens; Alsophila aspera var. spinosa; Alsophila echinata; Alsophila muricata; Alsophila nitens; Alsophila nitida (homotypic); Alsophila serrata; Alsophila sprengeliana; Cyathea aspera var. aculeata; Cyathea aspera var. aspera; Cyathea muricata; Cyathea nitidula; Disphenia aspera (homotypic); Disphenia muricata; Gymnosphaera aculeata; Hemitelia aspera; Hemitelia muricata; Polypodium alsophilum; Polypodium asperum (homotypic); Trichipteris aspera (homotypic)