Bibliotheca Lichenologica 74: 172 (2000).

Basionym: Buellia amphorea Eckfeldt, Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 19: 250 (1892).

Type locality: Mexico, Nuevo Leon, Plantae Mexicanae 1889, C. G. Pringle 112 (US - isotype) fide Marbach (2000: 172).