Epidendrum hunterianum Schltr., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 17: 33-34. 1922.
TYPE: Panama. Im Überschwemmungsgebiete des Gatun-Sees, C. Powell 29 (holotype, B, destroyed, illustration of type, AMES-70421; AMES-70420; isolectotype, K; neotype designated by Christenson (1991)).