Epidendrum dentilobum Ames, F.T. Hubb. & C. Schweinf., Bot. Mus. Leafl. 3(5): 69–70. 1935.
TYPE: Panama. range of hills back of San Juan, upper reaches of the Chagres River. About sea-level. Late September, C.W. Powell 342 (holotype, AMES).