Bryologist 71: 248 (1968).
Basionym: Parmelia aegialita Afzel. ex Ach., Methodus, Sectio Post. (Stockholmiæ): 191 (1803).
Protolog type data: Type: Sierra Leone, ad lapides mari inundatos prope litora, A. Afzelius s.n. in Herb. Swartz; lecto: S n.v., fide D. D. Awasthi, Biblioth. Lichenol. 2: 64 (1975).
Type locality: Sierra Leone.
Note: There is a variety "angolica D. D. Awasthi" .
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