Basionym Name:Cladonia botryocephala Hepp, in Zollinger, Syst. Verz. (Zürich): 9 (1854)
Homotypic synonyms:Cladonia caespiticia f. botryocephala (Hepp) Vain., Acta Soc. Fauna Flora fenn. 4(no. 1): 464 (1887)