Brachionidium brevicaudatum Rolfe, Trans. Linn. Soc. London, Bot. 6: 59. 1901.
TYPE: British Guyana, Mt. Roraima, alt. 3500 feet , F.V. McConnell & J.J. Quelch 705, Autumn 1898 (holotype, K; drawing of type, AMES)