Habenaria wercklei Schltr., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 19: 7. 1923.
TYPE: Costa Rica. Ohne nähere Standortsangabe, C. Wercklé 141 (holotype, B, destroyed; lectotype, selected by Pupulin (2010), tracings of Schlechter's drawings of the holotype, AMES).