Dichaea acostae Schltr., Repert. Sp. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 19: 306. 1923.
TYPE: COSTA RICA. [Alajuela:] Umgebung von San Ramón, im Jahre 1921, G. Acosta s.n. (holotype, B, destroyed; lectotype designated by Pupulin (2007), tracings of Schlechter's drawings of the holotype, AMES 40542).