Nebenst. Beschaeft. Pflanzenk.: 149 (1825).

Type locality: Brazil, Rio de Janeiro, Mun. Resende, Itatiaya, 5 km ENE of Alto da Serra, 1987, T. Ahti & P. G. Windisch 45975 (SP - neotype; H, NY - isoneotypes). Neotypification by Stenroos (1989).

Note: There are two varieties:
Cladonia miniata var. anaemica (Nyl.) Zahlbr., Catal. Lich. Univ. 4: 561 (1927). Basionym: Cladonia sanguinea var. anaemica Nyl., Syn. Meth. Lich. 1: 219 (1860). - Lectotypification by Stenroos, 1989 (H-NYL 37851 - lectotype). No type locality in Ahti 1993: 8
Cladonia miniata var. parvipes (Vain.) Zahlbr., Catal. Lich. Univ. 4: 561 (1927). Basionym: Cladonia miniata f. parvipes Vain. in Acta Soc. Fauna Fl. Fenn. 4: 66 (1887). - Lectotypification by Stenroos 1989: Brazil, Minas Gerais, Caraca, 1885, E. A. Vainio s.n. (TUR-V 14189 - lectotype).