in Arup, Søchting & Frödén, Nordic J. Bot. 31: 70 (2013).

Basionym: Psora bracteata Hoffm., Deutschl. Fl., Zweiter Theil (Erlangen): 169 (1796) [1795].

Type locality: Germany, in montosi rupestribus (MW ? but probably destroyed).

Note: Esslinger (North American Checklist 20) cites a subspecies "deformis":
Gyalolechia bracteata subsp. deformis (Erichsen) ined. It is not part of the German checklist 20xx.