Stelis maxonii Schltr., Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 36(2): 389. 1918.
TYPE: Panama: Humid forest along 'the upper Caldera-River, Holcombs trail, above El Boquete, Chiriqui, 1450-1650 m, March 1911, William R. Maxon 5697 (holotype, B, destroyed; drawing and photo of type, AMES).