Dryadella acuminata Luer & Hirtz, Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 76: 159. 1999.
TYPE: Ecuador. Bolívar: epiphytic in cloud forest west of Guaranda toward Balzapamba, alt. 2000 m, 26 March 1984, C. Luer, S. Dalström, T. Höijer, J. Kuijt & A. Hirtz 9737 (holotype, MO).