Vidensk. Meddel. Naturhist. Foren. Kjøbenhavn 5: 366 (1874).

Type locality: Brazil, Minas Gerais-Rio de Janeiro, "Serra d'Estrella & Petrópolis", E. Warming 233 (C - lectotype; G, M, TUR-V, UPS - isolectotype). Lectotypification by Ahti (1993: 97).