Epidendrum resectum Rchb. f., Linnaea 41: 82-83. 1877[1876].
TYPE: Ex America centrali, vix dubie ex Chiriqui vivum misit b. Zahn ad hortulanos Veitch, Londinenses, qui bis specimina mecum communicavere viva. Zahn ex Veitch s.n. (holotype, W; illustration of type, AMES).