Acianthera verecunda (Schltr.) Pridgeon & M.W.Chase, Lindleyana 16(4): 246. 2001.
Bas.: Pleurothallis verecunda Schltr., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 17: 24. 1922. TYPE: Panama. Auf Hügeln bei Panama City, C.W. Powell 91 (holotype, B, destroyed, lectotype designated by Christenson (1991), AMES; isolectotype, MO; illustration of type, AMES).
Bas.: Pleurothallis verecunda Schltr., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 17: 24. 1922.
TYPE: Panama. Auf Hügeln bei Panama City, C.W. Powell 91 (holotype, B, destroyed, lectotype designated by Christenson (1991), AMES; isolectotype, MO; illustration of type, AMES).