Masdevallia juan-albertoi Luer & M. Arias, Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri. Bot. Gard. 79: 122–123. 2000.
TYPE: Peru. Ayacucho: Huanta, Chuyas, alt. 2300 m, collected by Silvano Flores, cultivated in Lima, Oct. 1999, by M. Arias s.n. (holotype, MO; illustration of type).
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