Nylander, W. (1860), Synopsis Methodica Lichenum 1: 381 [tax. nov.]

Wetmore, C.M. (1963), Revue Bryologique et Lichenologique 32: 252 [secondary reference]

Elix, J.A. in Grgurinovic, C. A. (ed.) (1994), Parmelia. Flora of Australia 55: 119 [misapplied]

misapplied to: Parmelia pseudotenuirima Gyeln. legitimate by Wetmore, C.M. (1963), Revue Bryologique et Lichenologique 32: 252

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