Cranichis muscosa Sw., Prodr. 120. 1788; emend. in Fl. Ind. Occ.: 1429–1430. 1806.
TYPE: Jamaica. "Habitat in sylvis umbrosis subhumidis montium Jamaicae" O. Swartz s.n. (holotype, BM; isotypes, BM, C, S, UPS, W).