Basionym Name:Cladonia rangiferina var. abbayesii Ahti, Ann. bot. Soc. Zool.-Bot. fenn. Vanamo 32(no. 1): 94 (1961)
Homotypic synonyms:Cladina rangiferina subsp. abbayesii (Ahti) W.L. Culb., in Vězda, Lichenes Selecti Exsiccati, Fascicle 76 (Průhonice): 3 (1983)Cladonia rangiferina subsp. abbayesii (Ahti) Ahti & DePriest, Mycotaxon 78: 501 (2001)