Habenaria verecunda Schltr., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 19: 6. 1923.
TYPE: Costa Rica. ohne nähere Standortsangabe, C. Wercklé 144 (holotype, B, destroyed; lectotype, selected by Pupulin (2010), tracings of Schlechter's drawings of the holotype, AMES)