Basionym Name:Helotium purpuratum Kalchbr., in Thümen, Mycoth. Univ., cent. 17: no. 1614 (1880)
Homotypic synonyms:Calycina purpurata (Kalchbr.) Kuntze, Revis. gen. pl. (Leipzig) 3(3): 448 (1898)