Atwood, J. T. 1994. Two new species of Costa Rican Maxillaria (Orchidaceae), and a clarification of Maxillaria bracteata. Lindleyana 9(4): 239–242.

Abstract. Original materials on which the name, Ornithidium bracteatum [Maxillaria bracteata] , is based were examined and evaluated. While the lectotype (here designated) and camera lucida drawing of a newly rehydrated flower are consistent with Schlechter's original description, his drawing with discordant frontal view of the lip suggests a mixture from two different species. Based largely on the lip, the name has been misapplied to two other species described here for the first time and is actually an earlier synonym for the well known Maxillaria vagans.

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