Basionym Name:Anthracothecium welwitschii Upreti & Ajay Singh, Feddes Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 99(3-4): 151 (1988)
Homotypic synonyms:Pyrenula welwitschii (Upreti & Ajay Singh) Aptroot, Lichenologist 44(1): 36 (2011)