Microchilus ovalis Ormerod, Harvard Pap. Bot. 11(2): 164, 166, f. 21. 2007.
TYPE: Panama. Darien: Cana region, on trail above Cana, leading to Pirre Massif, 800-900 m, 5 May 1990, G. McPherson 15047 (holotype, MO; illustration of type).