Cladoniaceae Zenker

Pycnothelia (Ach.) Dufour

, legitimate

, scientific

Dufour, J.-M.L. (1821), Annales Generales des Sciences Physiques 8

:

45

[comb. nov.]

Kantvilas, G. in George, A.S. (ed.) (1992), Pycnothelia in Cladoniaceae.

Flora of Australia

54

:

147

[secondary reference]

Comment: from the Greek pycno (compact) and thele (nipple), in reference to the crowded, nipple-like podetia of the type species