Basionym Name:Polycauliona pulvinata C.W. Dodge & G.E. Baker, Ann. Mo. bot. Gdn 25: 628 (1938)
Homotypic synonyms:Caloplaca elegans var. pulvinata (C.W. Dodge & G.E. Baker) Js. Murray, Trans. Roy. Soc. N.Z., Bot. 2: 64 (1963)Caloplaca pulvinata (C.W. Dodge & G.E. Baker) Cretz., Bull. Grăd. Bot. Muz. Bot. Univ. Cluji 21: 140 (1941)