Basionym Name:Melaspilea gallowayi S.Y. Kondr., [as 'gallowayii'], in Kondratyuk & Galloway, Biblthca Lichenol. 57: 335 (1995)
Homotypic synonyms:Plectocarpon gallowayi (S.Y. Kondr.) Ertz & Diederich, in Ertz, Christnach, Wedin & Diederich, Biblthca Lichenol. 91: 47 (2005)