Basionym Name:Cladonia gracilis f. dilacerata Flörke, De Cladoniis, Difficillimo lichenum genere, Commentatio nova (Rostock): 37 (1828)
Homotypic synonyms:Cladonia elongata var. dilacerata (Flörke) M. Choisy, Bull. mens. Soc. linn. Lyon 20: 17 (1951)Cladonia gracilis subsp. dilacerata (Flörke) Fink, Contr. U.S. natnl. Herb. 14(1): 123 (1910)Cladonia gracilis var. dilacerata (Flörke) Vain., Acta Soc. Fauna Flora fenn. 10: 93 (1894)