Lichen divaricatus Linnaeus, Systema Naturae, ed. 12, 2: 713. 1767.

"Habitat in Helvetiae, Missniae cacuminibus Arborum acifoliarum. D. Schreber." RCN: 8247.

Lectotype (Howe in Bull. Toney Bot. Club 39: 201. 1912; Jørgensen & al. in Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 115: 305, f. 26. 1994): Schreber, Herb. Linn. No. 1273.277, extreme right specimen (LINN) .

Current name: Evemia divaricata (L.) Ach. ( Parmeliaceae).

Note: Jørgensen & al. (in Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 115: 305, 375, f. 26. 1994) restricted Howe’s original type choice to one of the specimens on the sheet.