The genus Canoparmelia Elix & Hale contains c. 40 species, predominantly occurring in tropical and subtropical regions. The genus is characterized by having relatively narrow, subirregular lobes with rotund or subrotund eciliate margins, a pored epicortex, the presence of isolichenan in the cell walls, bifusiform conidia, and simple rhizines (Elix 1993; Crespo et al. 2010b). Phylogenetically, it belongs to the Parmotrema clade of parmelioid lichens (Crespo et al. 2010b). Since its original circumscription (Elix et al. 1986), species have been transferred to other genera, including Austroparmelina A. Crespo et al. (Crespo et al. 2010a), Crespoa (D. Hawksw.) Lendemer & B. P. Hodk. and Parmotrema A. Massal. (Crespo et al. 2010b; Hawksworth 2011; Lendemer & Hodkinson 2012; Kirika et al. 2016). In addition, some species of the genus Crespoa are morphologically similar to certain Canoparmelia species, which leaves uncertainty regarding the identification of the samples.