Basionym Name:Parmelia synestia Stirt., Trans. Glasgow Soc. Fld Nat. 5: 214 (1877)
Homotypic synonyms:Parmelia conspersa var. synestia (Stirt.) Gyeln., Lichenotheca 7: no. 133 (1937)Xanthoparmelia synestia (Stirt.) Hale, Phytologia 28(5): 489 (1974)