Cranichis costaricensis Schltr., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 19: 12. 1923.
TYPE: Costa Rica. [San José: Carrillo,] La Palma, C. Wercklé 134 (holotype, B, destroyed; lectotype, designated by Pupulin (2010), tracing of Schlechter's drawings of the holotype, AMES).