Basionym Name:Parmelia opuntioides var. violascens Räsänen, Ann. bot. Soc. Zool.-Bot. fenn. Vanamo 2(no. 1): 18 (1932)
Homotypic synonyms:Menegazzia violascens (Räsänen) Bjerke, Mycotaxon 91: 448 (2005)