Dryadella aurea Luer & Hirtz, Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 76: 159-160. 1999.
TYPE: Ecuador. Morona-Santiago: Cordillera del Cutucú, epiphytic in forest along the new road between Mendez and Morona, alt. 950 m, 17 January 1989, C. Luer, J. Luer, P. Jesup, A. Jesup & A. Hirtz 13963 (holotype, MO).