Habenaria trifida Kunth, Gen. Sp. (quarto ed.) 1: 330. 1815[1816].
TYPE: Crescit locis temperatis, opacatis Regni Novogranatensis inter villam San Miguel et convallem Guachicon prope Almaguer, alt. 810 hex. Floret Novembri, Humboldt & Bonpland s.n. (holotype, P).