Ponthieva formosa Schltr., Repert. Sp. Nov. Regni. Veg. Beih. 19: 12. 1923.
TYPE: Costa Rica. [San José: Moravia,] San Jerónimo, C. Wercklé 135 (holotype, B, destroyed; lectotype, selected by Pupulin 2010, tracings of Schlechter's drawings of the holotype, AMES).