Lichenologist 7: 139 (1975).

Protolog type data: Holotypus: New Zealand, Three Kings Islands, Great Island, south side of Tasman Valley, on prostrate Leptospermum ericoides scrub, 21 November 1970, D. J. Galloway (CHR, s.n.). Isotypi: BG, BM).

Type locality: New Zealand, Three Kings Islands, Great Island, south side of Tasman Valley, on prostrate Leptospermum ericoides scrub, 21 November 1970, D. J. Galloway (CHR - holotype; BG, BM - isotypes).

Type locality coordinates: 34°10'S, 172°9'O.