Epidendrum poaeforme Schltr., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 19: 43. 1923.
TYPE: Costa Rica. [San José: Moravia,] San Jerónimo, c. 1400 m, blühend im Mai 1921, C. Wercklé 17 (holotype, B, destroyed; lectotype, designated by Pupulin (2010), photograph of the holotype and associate drawing, AMES