Checklist of Plants of India

Xanthoria candelaria (L.) Th.Fr., Gen. Heterolich. Eur. 61. 1861; Zahlbruckner, Cat. Lich. Univ. 7: 277. 1931; Schubert & Klement, Nova Hedwigia 11: 64. 1966; D. Awasthi, Proc. Indian Acad. Sci., Pl. Sci. 96(3): 229. 1986 & Comp. Macrolich. India, Nepal & Sri Lanka : 534. 2007.

Lichen candelarius L., Sp. Pl. 2: 1141. 1753.

Xanthoria controversa (A.Massal.) Rabenhorst, Crypt. Fl. Sacchsen, 2 Abh 282. 1870.

India (Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir and Uttarakhand), Great Britain, New Zealand; Antarctica, Asia, Europe, North and South America. Bipolar.