Basionym Name:Pseudosphaerophorus kinabaluensis M. Satô, Miscell. bryol. lichenol. (Nichinan) 4(7): 108 (1968)
Homotypic synonyms:Bunodophoron kinabaluense (M. Satô) Wedin, Pl. Syst. Evol. 187(1-4): 233 (1993)Sphaerophorus kinabaluensis (M. Satô) Ohlsson, Revision of the lichen genus Sphaerophorus (Michigan): 128 (1974)Sphaerophorus kinabaluensis (M. Satô) Ohlsson, in Tibell, Symb. bot. upsal. 27(no. 1): 228 (1987)