Flora 52: 294 (1869).

Basionym: Cladonia degenerans var. stricta Nyl. in Middendorff, Reise Sibir. 4, Anh. 6, 2: 4 (1867).

Type locality: Russia, Siberia, Taimyr Peninsula, 1843, A. von Middendorff s.n. (H-NYL 38841 - lectotype). Lectotypification by Ahti (1978).