[1] Genetic studies indicates that the genus Amandinea and Buellia are the same,[2] although this is not widely accepted.

[3] The genus was originally circumscribed by Maurice Choisy in 1950, with Amandinea coniops assigned as the type species.

[4] However, the name was published invalidly because it was not accompanied by a Latin description or diagnosis, a requirement of the nomenclatural rules of the time.

[5] Christoph Scheidegger and Helmut Mayrhofer published the genus name validly in 1993.

[6] The generic name honours French Madame Amandine Manière, an acquaintance of Choisy.