Feddes Repertorium 49: 34 (1940).

Basionym: Lecanora puniceum var. accolens Stirt., Proc. Royal Philos. Soc. Glasgow 13: 184 (1882).

Type locality: India, Assam, G. Watt (BM - holotype).
Chemistry: Atranorin, placodiolic acid, haematommon (Staiger & Kalb 1995: xx).

Ecology: On bark, e.g. Magnolia spec. Quercus spec. (Staiger & Kalb 1995: xx).