Lichen stellaris Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 2: 1144. 1753.

"Habitat in Europae ramis arborum. arboreus." RCN: 8192.

Lectotype (Howe in Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 39: 201. 1912; Jørgensen & al. in Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 115: 356, f. 59. 1994): Herb. Linn. No. 1273.81, upper left specimen (LINN) .

Current name: Physcia stellaris (L.) Nyl. ( Physciaceae).

Note: Jørgensen & al. (in Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 115: 356, 381, f. 59. 1994) restricted Howe’s original type choice to one of the specimens on the sheet.