Basionym Name:Trypethelium purpurinum Nyl. ex Leight., Trans. Linn. Soc. London 25: 459 (1866)
Homotypic synonyms:Bathelium purpurinum (Nyl. ex Leight.) Müll. Arg., Linnaea 43(9): 45 (1880)Laurera purpurina (Nyl. ex Leight.) Zahlbr., Denkschr. Kaiserl. Akad. Wiss. Wien, Math.-Naturwiss. Kl. 83: 93 (1909)Marcelaria purpurina (Nyl. ex Leight.) Aptroot, Nelsen & Parnmen, Glalia 5(2): 9 (2013)Thelenella purpurina (Nyl. ex Leight.) Vain., in Hiern, Cat. Afr. Pl. 2(2): 451 (1901)