Basionym Name:Parmelia austroafricana Stirt., [as 'austro-africana'] Trans. Glasgow Soc. Fld Nat. 5: 212 (1877)
Homotypic synonyms:Parmelia conspersa var. austroafricana (Stirt.) Stizenb., Ber. Tät. St Gall. naturw. Ges.: 152 (1890)Xanthoparmelia austroafricana (Stirt.) Hale, Phytologia 28(5): 486 (1974)