Epidendrum montis-narae Pupulin & L.Sánchez, Lankesteriana 1:7. 2001.
TYPE: San Jose: Dota, eastern slopes and crest of Cerro Nara, 1050-1140 m, premontane rain forest to cloud forest, 15 Jan 1999, F. Pupulin 1140, D. Castelfranco & L. Spadari (holotype, USJ; clonotype, AMO; drawing of type).