Enum. Critic. Lich. Europ. (Bern): 186 (1850).

Basionym: Capitularia pleurota Flörke, Ges. Naturf. Freunde Berlin Mag. Neuesten Entdeck. Gesammten Naturk. 2: 217 (1808).

Type locality: Germany or Austria, "data a Flörke Berolini 1811" (UPS - neotype, BM?, H? - isoneotypes). Neotypification by Ahti (1993: 89).