in Sheard & Mayrhofer, Bryologist 105: 659 (2002).

Protolog: Data lacking.

Type locality: USA, Colorado, San Juan County, Mesa Verde Nat. Park, Soda Canyon and Battleship Rock area, on Juniperus, 2150-2270 m, 29 May 1980, T.H. Nash 18126 (ASU - holotype, SASK - isotype).

Barcode: Data lacking.

Coordinates: 37°14'N, 108°30'W.