Cranichis diphylla Sw., Prodr. 120. 1788; emend. in Fl. Ind. Occ.: 1423–1424. 1806.
TYPE: Jamaica. "Habitat inter muscos in uliginosis montium altissimorum Jamaicae australis", O. Swartz s.n. (holotype, Herb. Holm; isotypes, BM, C, G, S, UPS, W).