Acta Soc. Fauna Fl. Fenn. 10: 375 (1894).

Type locality: Brazil, Minas Gerai, Cara, ca , 1885, E. A. Vainio in Sandstede, Cladon. Exsicc. 1195 (TUR-V 19992 - lectotype; FH, G, H, TUR-V, UPS, US - isolectotypes). Lectotypification by Ahti (1993: 78).