Linzer Biologische Beiträge 22, 1: 75 (1990).

Basionym: Endocarpon phaeocarpoides Nyl., Flora 62: 358 (1879).

Type: France, Dépt. Bouches-du-Rhone, in regione Massiliensi, Le Ciotat, June 1879, A. Taxis (H-NYL 3942 - holotype).