Phytologia 28, 4: 341 (1974). Basionym: Parmelia lythgoeana C. W. Dodge, Ann. Mo. Bot. Garden 46(1-2): 100 (1959). Type locality: Ethiopia, on bark, Typification: Lythgoe 17a.
Basionym: Parmelia lythgoeana C. W. Dodge, Ann. Mo. Bot. Garden 46(1-2): 100 (1959).