Maxillaria ponerantha Rchb. f., Bonplandia 2(2): 17. 1854.
TYPE: Venezuela. around Caracas, Wagener s.n. (holotype, W).
HOMOTYPIC SYNONYMS
Maxillariella ponerantha (Rchb. f.) M.A. Blanco & Carnevali, Lankesteriana 7(3): 529. 2007.