Homotypic Synonyms See Note

Basionym Name:
Usnea elegans Stirt., Trans. & Proc. Roy. Soc. Victoria 17: 68 (1880)

Homotypic synonyms:
Usnea barbata var. elegans (Stirt.) Müll. Arg., Flora, Regensburg 72: 143 (1889)
Usnea dasypogoides var. elegans (Stirt.) Müll. Arg., Flora, Regensburg 66(2): 20 (1883)
Usnea florida f. elegans (Stirt.) Vain., Acta Soc. Fauna Flora fenn. 7(no. 1): 5 (1890)
Usnea florida var. elegans (Stirt.) Zahlbr., Bull. Herb. Boissier, 2 sér. 4(1): 136 (1903)
Usnea scabrida subsp. elegans (Stirt.) G.N. Stevens, Lichenologist 24(3): 236 (1992)