Krempelhuber, A. (1881), Verhandlungen der kaiserlich-koniglichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 30: 332 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Tasmania (J. v. B. Gulliver)"

Archer, A.W. (July 1986), Nomenclatural Notes on Some Australian Cladonia Species. Lichenologist 18: 242 [secondary reference]

• Type: "Australia, Tasmania, ‘J.v.B. Gulliver’ (T. & B. Gulliver) (M—holotype; MEL—isotype)."

Archer, A.W. in George, A.S. (ed.) (1992), Cladoniaceae. Flora of Australia 54: 139 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Cladonia subdigitata Nyl. legitimate

Dowe, J.L. & Short, P.S. (2 February 2024), The Gullivers’ travels: Thomas Allen Gulliver (1848–1931), Benjamin John Gulliver (1851–1938) and Susannah Gulliver (1857–1938): their contribution to Australian natural history and horticulture. Swainsona 38: 64 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: "Tasmania, s.dat., T. & B. Gulliver s.n. (M0034166), fide Archer (1986: 242), as “holotype”. Isolectotype: MEL6517 (fide JSTOR-GP, March 2023)."

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