Lichen usnea Linnaeus, Systema Naturae, ed. 12, 2: 713; Mantissa Plantarum: 131. 1767.

"Habitat in arboribus Indiae Or. Ins. Helenae, madagascar, Martinicae. Jacqu." RCN: 8248.

Lectotype (Howe in Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 39: 201. 1912): Jacquin s.n., Herb. Linn. No. 1273.278 (LINN) .

Current name: Ramalina usnea (L.) R. Howe ( Ramalinaceae).

Note: See review by Jørgensen & al. (in Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 115: 361, 382, f. 62. 1994).