De Cladon.: 140 (1828).

Type locality: Germany, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Waren ("Wahren"), 1826, H. G. Flörke 47 (H - lectotype). Designated by Ahti (1993).

Note: "The type locality Waren is located in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, rather than Brandenburg, which has been incorrectly cited by Ahti (1993) and other authors" (Ahti & Stenroos 2012: 33).