Lichen geographicus Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 2: 1140. 1753.

"Habitat in Europae rupibus altis." RCN: 8157.

Lectotype (Hawksworth & Sowter in Trans. Leicester Lit. Phil. Soc. 63: 58. 1969): [icon] " Lichenoides nigro-flavum, tabulae Geographicae instarpictum " in Dillenius, Hist. Musc.: 126, t. 18, f. 5. 1741. - Epitype ( Jørgensen & al. in Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 115: 318, 376. 1994): Herb. Dillenius Tab. XVIII, No. 5 (UPS) .

Current name: Rhizocarpon geographicum (L.) DC. ( Rhizocarpaceae).

Note: See review by Jørgensen & al. (in Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 115: 317, 377. 1994).